Following the government’s decision to reallocate €114 million from the European Union (EU) Recovery Fund to complete the southern part of Rīga Central Station, work resumed in April, with major works scheduled to be completed by autumn next year, the Rail Baltica promoter Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas (EDzL) announced on 16 April.
“The contract signed by Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and the construction company Bererix for the construction of the southern part of Riga Central Station foresees that the essential works will be completed by 31 August 2026, including the facade, roof, railway platform works and the most important engineering networks and systems works.
The landscaping and finishing of the ground floor passenger areas shall be completed by 31 December 2026.
The next work to be completed by 31 March 2027 under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is the safety testing, inspection, landscaping and temporary commissioning of six 1520mm (existing width) railway tracks connected to the station building.
The attracted funding, together with CEF and Latvian state funding, will allow the construction of the southern part of the station building to be completed, the adjacent area to be landscaped and the passenger platforms to be improved to the extent that the building can be used for safe passenger services as early as summer 2027, Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas said.
The Recovery Fund will cover €104.5 million of the work, which is around 75% of the full cost of the southern part project.
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