”7 timmar istället för 21 timmar” = 3 gånger snabbare – innebär ett ännu framtida starkare Nordiskt samarbete med Baltikum, Tyskland, Polen och Norden – affärer, resor och turism!

Rail Baltica is planned to create a continuous standard‑gauge rail corridor from Helsinki (via a future tunnel to Tallinn) down to Warsaw, but only the Tallinn–Warsaw section is firmly under construction today.​

What Baltic Rail / Rail Baltica Is

• Rail Baltica is an EU-backed greenfield railway project connecting Helsinki, Tallinn, Pärnu, Riga, Panevėžys, Kaunas, Vilnius and Warsaw on a standard‑gauge high‑speed line.​
• The overall axis is conceived as a north–south route from Finland through the Baltic states into Poland, integrating the region with the wider European rail network.​

Helsinki–Tallinn connection

• The “Helsinki” part of the corridor depends on a proposed undersea Helsinki–Tallinn rail tunnel under the Gulf of Finland, which remains on hold; the Finnish government has called it unrealistic under current conditions without major additional EU funding.​
• Feasibility and impact studies (often branded FinEst Link) have found the tunnel technically and economically plausible long term, but there is no approved construction schedule or opening year yet.​

Tallinn–Warsaw section

• Rail Baltica between Tallinn and Warsaw is actively being developed, combining new high‑speed tracks in the Baltic states with upgraded and new sections in northeastern Poland.​
• Planned travel time from Tallinn to Warsaw on Rail Baltica is around 6 h 45 min–7 h, a major reduction from current rail journeys that can exceed 19–22 hours with multiple changes.​

Status and timeline

• Rail Baltica’s Baltic state main line (Tallinn–Riga–Kaunas/LT border) is targeted for initial operations around the early 2030s, with some Polish sections to the Lithuanian border scheduled shortly after 2030.​
• Because the Helsinki–Tallinn tunnel lacks political approval and funding, a direct Helsinki–Warsaw train via Rail Baltica will not be possible until both the tunnel and the main line are completed; realistic expectations point to well after 2030, and no binding date exists.

Intressant utmaning för framtida studenter att fördjupa sig i rapporter, uppsatser och vad det kan innebära när det gäller arbetstillfällen och möjligheter.

För mer info kontakta Peter Hellman Senior Advisor Style Scandinavia

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