16.01.2023
Rail Baltic Estonia signed a contract with the Spanish company Ardanuy Ingeneria SA for the design of Rail Baltica Harju County and Pärnu County local stops.
The newly signed contract includes the design of platforms, overpasses or underpasses, outdoor areas, parking lots and access roads at local stops in Rail Baltica Harju and Pärnu counties up to the preliminary design stage.
"For the crossings between station buildings and waiting platforms, standard designs completed as part of the ongoing Rapla County local stop design project will be used, which will be adapted to local conditions," explained the senior project manager for local stops at Rail Baltic Estonia. Rauno Lee.
According to Lee, work on Rail Baltica local stops is currently underway along practically the entire route. The only exceptions are Surju and Häädemeeste, which are located in the area of the cancelled county plan in Southern Pärnu County, and their development will continue after the new plan is established. “On the Tallinn-Pärnu section, detailed plans have already been initiated for nine local stops, while only the detailed plan for the Assaku local stop planned in Rae parish is still waiting to be initiated.”
Ardanuy Ingeneria SA will design seven local stops on the Rail Baltica railway. The stops Assaku, Luige, Saku and Kurtna in Harju County and Kaisma, Tootsi and Urge in Pärnu County. According to the contract, the design work will last 5 months, plus an estimated 3 months for applying for building permits. The cost of the design contract is 368,000 euros excluding VAT.
In the case of local stops, it is planned to construct railway facilities related to the stops in the same time window as the construction of the main line, and service facilities (buildings, outdoor areas, accesses) immediately before the railway starts operating.
The design of local stops in Rail Baltica Raplamaa has been underway since the beginning of last year. Preliminary designs have been completed for the platforms of each stop, as well as for standard designs for the crossings between station buildings and platforms. Preliminary designs for outdoor areas, parking lots and accesses are being prepared. The design work is being carried out by AS Novarc Group.
Regional trains, which will start running from Tallinn to Riga according to the Rail Baltica operating plan, will make 13 stops within Estonia – in addition to local stops, also at the Pärnu International Passenger Terminal. Rail Baltica local stops in Estonia: Assaku, Luige, Saku, Kurtna, Kohila, Rapla, Järvakandi, Kaisma, Tootsi, Urge, Surju and Häädemeeste. Estimated travel times can be found here – https://www.rbestonia.ee/naidissoidugraafik/.
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