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Current plans call for a high-speed Rail Baltica that will connect the Latvian capital Riga with Pärnu and Tallinn to the north and with Kaunas and Warsaw to the south. Reports in March 2011 indicate plans are moving towards a standard gauge railway.^[1]

The project will be financed by the budget of Latvia (50%) and by the European Union TEN-T budget, Structural and Cohesion Funds provided to the EU New Member States.^[2]

Railways currently have a low number of passengers along the north-south route in Latvia. If the north-south going railways are converted to standard gauge, the west-east railways are still not likely to be converted, since they are used for freight and passenger trains to Russia and Belarus.

There is also a consideration to build a new west-east high-speed railway Riga–Moscow.^[3]

References

^ Baltic Course (March 2011). "Rail Baltica's fate to become clearer by the end of May" (PDF).
^ European Union (November 21, 2007). "Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): selection of projects for the TEN-T multi-annual programme 2007-2013 and the annual TEN-T programme 2007" (Press release).
^ Augulis: high-speed railroad project between Riga and Moscow must be self-sufficient

External links

European Commission: Feasibility study on Rail Baltica railways - Main conclusions and recommendations January 2007
European Commission: Feasibility study on Rail Baltica railways - Annexes January 2007

[Press_report_on_route_in_Lithuania-1] Baltic Course (March 2011). "Rail Baltica's fate to become clearer by the end of May" (PDF).

[2] European Union (November 21, 2007). "Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): selection of projects for the TEN-T multi-annual programme 2007-2013 and the annual TEN-T programme 2007" (Press release).

[3] Augulis: high-speed railroad project between Riga and Moscow must be self-sufficient

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-Current plans call for a high-speed '''[[Rail Baltica]]'''  that will connect the Latvian capital [[Riga]] with [[Pärnu]] and [[Tallinn]] to the north and with [[Kaunas]] and [[Warsaw]] to the south. Reports in March 2011 indicate plans are moving towards a standard gauge railway.<ref name="Press report on route in Lithuania">{{cite web| url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=38760| title=Rail Baltica’s fate to become clearer by the end of May | date=March 2011| format=PDF| author=Baltic Course| }}</ref>
+Current plans call for a high-speed '''[[Rail Baltica]]'''  that will connect the Latvian capital [[Riga]] with [[Pärnu]] and [[Tallinn]] to the north and with [[Kaunas]] and [[Warsaw]] to the south. Reports in March 2011 indicate plans are moving towards a standard gauge railway.<ref name="Press report on route in Lithuania">{{cite web| url=http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=38760| title=Rail Baltica’s fate to become clearer by the end of May | date=March 2011| format=PDF| author=Baltic Course}}</ref>
-The project will be financed by the budget of Latvia (50%) and by the [[European Union]] TEN-T budget, Structural and Cohesion Funds provided to the EU New Member States. <ref>{{cite press release| url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/491&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en| title=Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): selection of projects for the TEN-T multi-annual programme 2007-2013 and the annual TEN-T programme 2007| date=November 21, 2007| author=European Union| }}</ref>
+The project will be financed by the budget of Latvia (50%) and by the [[European Union]] TEN-T budget, Structural and Cohesion Funds provided to the EU New Member States.<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/491&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en| title=Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): selection of projects for the TEN-T multi-annual programme 2007-2013 and the annual TEN-T programme 2007| date=November 21, 2007| author=European Union}}</ref>
-Railways currently have a low number of passengers along the north-south route in Latvia. If the north-south going railways are converted to standard gauge, the west-east railways are still not likely to be converted, since they are used for freight and passenger trains to [[Russia]].
+Railways currently have a low number of passengers along the north-south route in Latvia. If the north-south going railways are converted to standard gauge, the west-east railways are still not likely to be converted, since they are used for freight and passenger trains to [[Russia]] and [[Belarus]].
-There is also a consideration to build a new west-east high-speed railway '''Riga–Moscow'''<ref>[http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=41999 Augulis: high-speed railroad project between Riga and Moscow must be self-sufficient]</ref>.
+There is also a consideration to build a new west-east high-speed railway '''Riga–Moscow'''.<ref>[http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=41999 Augulis: high-speed railroad project between Riga and Moscow must be self-sufficient]</ref>
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