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  • The partner plan to produce a prototype LNG shunting locomotive for use at the port of Klaipeda.
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    LNG locomotive agreement

    2017-04-04T07:00:00Z

    LITHUANIA: An agreement to co-operate to develop a liquefied natural gas-fuelled shunting locomotive was signed on March 30 by Lithuania Railways, stevedoring company Bega, oil and gas terminal operator Klaipėdos Nafta, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Klaipeda University. The partner aim to produce a prototype shunting locomotive for use at ...

  • Trautmann assured the minister that the European Commission considers the full implementation of Rail Baltica to be an important priority project.
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    European Commission sees Rail Baltica as a priority project

    2017-03-23T12:00:45Z

    EUROPE: Lithuania’s Minister of Transport & Communications Rokas Masiulis met European Co-ordinator for the TEN-T North Sea-Baltic Corridor Catherine Trautmann on March 22 to discuss the progress of the Rail Baltica project to build a 1 435 mm gauge line from Poland to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Trautmann assured the ...

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    EU funding for Lithuanian section of Rail Baltica

    2016-11-24T10:08:00Z

    LITHUANIA: An agreement to provide €180m of European Union funding to cover 85% of the costs of the Lithuanian section of the 728 km Rail Baltica II project was signed on November 18 by the European Commission’s Innovation & Networks Executive Agency, the relevant government ministries from Lithuania, Latvia and ...

  • Pesa 730ML diesel multiple-unit for LG's Vilnius – Klaipėda route.
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    Vilnius – Klaipėda DMU delivered

    2016-02-16T11:22:00Z

    LITHUANIA: The first of seven Pesa 730ML diesel multiple-units which national operator LG has ordered for the Vilnius – Klaipėda route was unveiled in Vilnius on February 15. The 140 km/h units are similar to DMUs which Pesa has supplied to Belarus Railways, but with an upgraded interior suitable for ...

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    Lithuanian Railways signs Nordic Investment Bank loan

    2015-12-21T15:53:00Z

    LITHUANIA: National railway LG signed a €50m, 15-year loan agreement with Nordic Investment Bank on December 14. This is the fifth NIB loan to LG since 2009, and takes the total value to €266m. The loan will be used along with EU funds to finance infrastructure projects from LG’s ...

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    Three Rail Baltica funding agreements signed

    2015-11-25T16:11:00Z

    EUROPE: Three grant agreements for the Rail Baltica project with a total value of €734m were signed by the EU's Innovation & Networks Executive Agency in Tallinn on November 24. The grants have been awarded under the 2014 call for Connecting Europe Facility funding, and cover planning and construction works ...

  • The first section of Rail Baltica to be completed provides a 1435 mm gauge line from the Polish border to Kaunas.
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    First section of Rail Baltica inaugurated

    2015-10-16T15:08:00Z

    EUROPE: Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc inaugurated the first completed section of the Rail Baltica standard gauge line with a ceremony at Kaunas station on October 16. Rail Baltica envisages the construction of a 1 435 mm gauge corridor linking Poland with ...