Rail Baltica - Europe's New $6.3BN Transport Project

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The Impossible Build

The Impossible Build

17 күн бұрын

A new railway mega project is under construction across the Baltics - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Today we explore the insane engineering behind Rail Baltica and we explore some of the construction challenges behind this new rail transport project
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@TheImpossibleBuild
@TheImpossibleBuild 16 күн бұрын
An insanely expensive project, are there any other rail projects like this we should cover?
@joaquindiaz7818
@joaquindiaz7818 15 күн бұрын
Its cheap ,860 km ,in England 100 km cost 100 bilions
@ettoreatalan8303
@ettoreatalan8303 15 күн бұрын
Hopefully you won't make any more videos that contain as many careless mistakes as this one.
@zapfanzapfan
@zapfanzapfan 14 күн бұрын
Surprisingly cheap.
@yourpalharvey
@yourpalharvey 14 күн бұрын
Probably be more careful before you make your next video. Maybe it’s a good idea to think before using terms like insanely expensive. It makes you look completely unreliable
@user-jq9qo7wm9n
@user-jq9qo7wm9n 10 күн бұрын
Talk about rail projects in Russia. A few of them are way more ambitious than this one
@Wurstteufel
@Wurstteufel 15 күн бұрын
If you have the chance to visit the Baltics - do it! Amazing countries with amazings landscapes, great food and a lot of nice people! Glad that they are part of the EU!
@rodjarrow6575
@rodjarrow6575 14 күн бұрын
Most of the commenters on this video, you suckers, who swallowed a fishhook of false propaganda! Because you have no idea that there is such a thing as "economic logic": So, someone will earn money for the implementation of this project, but which product from the Baltic states will go to Europe on this expensive piece of iron ...? Obviously, it will be Baltic canned sprats? But, in Europe, sprats are bought only by Russia, which has its own railway network... 2) Having Russian railway standards and with favorable political relations between Russia and the Baltic States, the ports of the Baltic States can accept goods going to Europe from China, Japan and South Korea via Russian railways! This economic advantage for the Baltic States will be destroyed if the standard of the railway in the Baltic states changes (but not for Russia, because Russia has its own large port in the Baltic) So the conclusion is: For the Baltic States the "Rail Baltic" project deprive all three Baltic countries of their economic future. 3) This economic route, which connects Europe with China, Japan, South Korea, as well as Iran and India through the Baltic states, is an alternative to another route - a longer ocean route through the Suez Canal, which is controlled by Great Britain and the United States - which will make every effort to destroy the trade route through the countries The Baltic States - so, the Rail Baltica - the killer of the economic future for the Baltic states.
@wellardme
@wellardme 12 күн бұрын
They're glad they're in the EU. We propped them up with our hard earned money while my country goes down the toilet.
@berniekatzroy
@berniekatzroy 11 күн бұрын
And cheap too compared to other countries using €
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 9 күн бұрын
@@wellardme And your country is?
@wellardme
@wellardme 9 күн бұрын
@@fidenemini111 UK 🇬🇧
@mratp123
@mratp123 15 күн бұрын
Why the heck is the first clip a Russian intercity train💀💀😭
@evgenyishchenko
@evgenyishchenko 12 күн бұрын
The only railways that are on time :D
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 9 күн бұрын
@@evgenyishchenko Really? I highly doubt this.
@evgenyishchenko
@evgenyishchenko 9 күн бұрын
@@fidenemini111 what underdevelopped country are you supposed to be from, Germany?
@wanderingaengus1934
@wanderingaengus1934 7 күн бұрын
Because Baltic trains are a joke.
@janisvaskevics93
@janisvaskevics93 6 күн бұрын
​@@evgenyishchenkoeven here we have russian bots... Do you know that Sapsan trains are made by Siemens and that you communist country is having hard time getting parts for them now?
@u1zha
@u1zha 7 күн бұрын
Riga central station is not a "massive new central station", come on, why so crooked with facts. It's a massive overhaul of an existing central station.
@joaquindiaz7818
@joaquindiaz7818 15 күн бұрын
Its cheap ,england 100 km cost 100 bilions
@KingFinnch
@KingFinnch 9 күн бұрын
that's because of the far higher price of land, also the fact that rail baltica requires almost no tunnels or viaducts
@rubiconklbrutorowman7577
@rubiconklbrutorowman7577 13 күн бұрын
Between Estonia and Finland, look like underwater rail way?
@wolfgangrenner4152
@wolfgangrenner4152 15 күн бұрын
A hot theme is the Tallinn - Helsinki Tunnel. China offered to build this tunnel. But Europe has to pay with all ore found in Finnland. Fortunately EU and Finnland has not supported this idea. But there are discussions to build a Spain - Marokko tunnel. If EU is willing to pay such an nonsence project, than EU should rather fund the Tallinn - Helsinki Tunnel. May be something around 20 Billion Euro. But the Spain - Marokko tunnel would cost at least the same, because the geology there is much more complecated.
@Just_another_Euro_dude
@Just_another_Euro_dude 13 күн бұрын
Southern EU members connecting with the northern Africa gives natural gas and natural resources to the EU, that would be independent from BOTH the Russia and USA. What does rail Baltica gives to the EU? Waste of money?
@wolfgangrenner4152
@wolfgangrenner4152 13 күн бұрын
@@Just_another_Euro_dude To transfer gas and electricity you need simply a undersea cable or pipe. This is much cheaper than a tunnel. And ore etc. can be brought by ship to European habours in Italy or the north, where some steel mills may still exist. But a traffic tunnel to Africa is complete nonsense !! Moreover it is a Green lie, that africa can solve european energy demands. Africa needs energy for its own purposes to develope Africa to an attractive space to live. So that migration can be stopped.
@KingFinnch
@KingFinnch 9 күн бұрын
@@Just_another_Euro_dudeit's a massively important project for european security and border defense after it's finished, you could resupply troops and ship tanks and APCs without changing trains
@KingFinnch
@KingFinnch 9 күн бұрын
the EU easily has enough money to build both the north africa link is very important, and so is the helsinki link
@wolfgangrenner4152
@wolfgangrenner4152 9 күн бұрын
@@KingFinnch The EU even has not so much money. Since 2000, when China overtook world leadership in economics, Europe sucks heavily in industries and wealthiness. And as I mentioned above, the africa tunnel is bullshit. The Helsinki tunnel would be nice for the rail baltica. But it is not important. There are ferries and no real need for an tunnel. China was interested in this tunnel to deport all finish ore to China via the russian rail connection. This was the main reason, why China offered to build this tunnel. An unnecessary tunnel build from China to become owner of european ores. Same playbook like in Africa.
@MrCzech78
@MrCzech78 5 күн бұрын
And yet in Sydney Australia they only got 12kms worth of tram line for 3.6BN. This project is cheap as.
@philjanowski1368
@philjanowski1368 13 күн бұрын
This is great for 🌎🌍🌏 world commerce ! Nice engineering. This could also set the stage for a tunnel bored under the Bering straights for connection to north America and eventually a connection through the Darian straits to south America. Also this could set the stage for a world 🌎🌍🌏 electrical grid connection along with this type of infrastructure built
@klausolekristiansen2960
@klausolekristiansen2960 9 күн бұрын
A Bering Strait tunnel would connect Middle of Nowhere, Sibiria, with Middle of Nowhere, Alaska. Connecting the tunnel to the rail or road network on either side would be a gargantuan project.
@boohytv4522
@boohytv4522 8 күн бұрын
4:38 Due to increased costs - no car traffic will be included. Also for some other places in the video some cheaper updates will be made
@ShatNdd
@ShatNdd 12 күн бұрын
It looks Latvia have to cut significantly costs of their part of the project dropping dual-layer bridge to only-rail variant and building only single-track initial line for beginning and most probably they'll drop Riga-RigaAirport loop, hopefully converting it to speed tram (LRT) system.
@tonguepiercing
@tonguepiercing 15 күн бұрын
Please dont mix up millions and billions, adding 3 zeros on some of the given investments would be nice. 10:40
@user-tk9dw8qh5n
@user-tk9dw8qh5n 10 күн бұрын
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@Scumbo14
@Scumbo14 13 күн бұрын
Not sure what you mean with "Ulames". I don't know what you mean, is that a geographical name in Estonia?
@patrickbateman213
@patrickbateman213 11 күн бұрын
it's how German and English people say Ülemiste 🤪
@peterjaniceforan3080
@peterjaniceforan3080 14 күн бұрын
🚄🇪🇺👍
@jh5kl
@jh5kl 6 күн бұрын
🇪🇺😃👍💪🤝
@kristians2704
@kristians2704 14 күн бұрын
It costs 25billion, over 4x what’s claimed in this video
@janisvaskevics93
@janisvaskevics93 6 күн бұрын
And it is not the final number as we see. At the and it will be over 30.
@ettoreatalan8303
@ettoreatalan8303 15 күн бұрын
There are many careless mistakes in the video.
@Swampy428
@Swampy428 14 күн бұрын
I knew it’d be rough when the AI thumbnail showed what looks pipes being laid down instead of tracks.
@robertkosko1317
@robertkosko1317 12 күн бұрын
tourism will definitely be a big benefactor in this project….
@davidwebb4904
@davidwebb4904 16 күн бұрын
One tenth the price of HS-2
@1111unamed
@1111unamed 15 күн бұрын
The title is misleading. Its almost 25BN !!!!!
@davidwebb4904
@davidwebb4904 15 күн бұрын
@@1111unamed plus Rail Baltica is 5x the length of HS2. HS2 is €500 million per KM.
@bkrider19
@bkrider19 7 күн бұрын
Excellent project. Glad to see it is already underway.
@janisvaskevics93
@janisvaskevics93 6 күн бұрын
It is stupid corrupt project that will not be financially viable...ever...
@ufuk100000
@ufuk100000 6 сағат бұрын
The map 10.18 is wrong. The European part of Türkiye is European part of Türkiye , and not a part of EU!
@AlexSursky
@AlexSursky 14 күн бұрын
1:13 Kaliningrad has disappeared
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 9 күн бұрын
Kind of prediction.
@sol90981
@sol90981 13 күн бұрын
If this project happened in india our wise activist will swarm the construction site and protest without solutions/alternatives
@jh5kl
@jh5kl 6 күн бұрын
it's happening the same everywhere 😐
@Stopsstalkingbro
@Stopsstalkingbro 13 күн бұрын
*Transportation of illicit cargos more freely* Thats exactly what this is for surely
@toxiconproductions1623
@toxiconproductions1623 15 күн бұрын
How about just buying stadler flirts? It could be much cheaper and they can use all guages?
@orys
@orys 11 күн бұрын
2:26 Why you are using proper letters for languages like German, Lithianian, Latvia or Estonia but not for Białystok in Poland? ;-)
@RobertBarestrand
@RobertBarestrand 4 күн бұрын
Its not ned.
@Eurobazz
@Eurobazz 15 күн бұрын
Not a good opening shot showing modern Russian rolling stock.
@andreb6204
@andreb6204 13 күн бұрын
Budget went into 15b or something close to it, but still cheaper than London to Birmingham HS line. I’m from Latvia originally Vsem Privet, Sveiki ❤
@janisvaskevics93
@janisvaskevics93 6 күн бұрын
Sveiki... 😂 Over 20billion and will be about 30 when this circus ends. Those who support that nonsense must be made to pay for it. Dumb people in EU...
@1111unamed
@1111unamed 15 күн бұрын
Misleading title. The total cost is almost 25BN now....
@darthmaul216
@darthmaul216 15 күн бұрын
Source?
@janisjaunslavietis983
@janisjaunslavietis983 15 күн бұрын
@@darthmaul216 Ministry of Transportation of Latvia
@Harryset1
@Harryset1 11 күн бұрын
@@janisjaunslavietis983 The project has evolved significantly since its 2017 cost-benefit analysis due to various factors. The first phase, aiming to establish an operational Rail Baltica line across the Baltic states connecting to Poland by 2030, is estimated to cost 15.3 billion EUR. According to Cost-Benefit Analysis (2024) Rail Baltica’s economic benefits, both direct and induced, are expected to surpass costs and amount in total to 48 billion EUR for the Baltic states. Maybe 10Bn for the "unamed" ones? Source RB official website, and a bit more info: Costs of Rail Baltica have more than doubled from the initial 2017 estimation (EUR 5.8 billion), reaching EUR 15.3 billion, the updated cost-benefit analysis presented on June 10, 2024 says. This new estimation considers the costs of Rail Baltica for the first phase, which aims to build an operational railway corridor across the three Baltic states connecting to Poland by 2030. The findings of the updated cost-benefit analysis suggest that Rail Baltica is economically viable and expected to generate GDP growth from 0,5 to 0,7% contributing EUR 15.5 billion to EUR 23.5 billion to GDP of the Baltic states, which is considered indirect benefits, and it will also additionally have a direct economic net benefits value of EUR 6.6 billion. The related broader economic benefits include military mobility, environmental sustainability, social equality, corridor synergies, and supply chain impacts. The analysis values from 2017 were adjusted for inflation between 2017 and 2022, considering an inflation rate of 40% in the Baltic States during this period. The rise in cost is also attributed to the following factors: 31% of the increase resulted from higher cost predictions due to scope project increase between 2017 and 2023, which included additional regional mobility connections, changes in technical standards according to unified design guidelines, and enhancements in safety and performance; 51% of the increase was due to more accurate data for costs due to design advancement from value engineering level to master design; 18% was due to additional external requirements and factors such as third-party requirements, various institutional technical regulations, interoperability technical specifications, and other changes. Taking 40% inflation into account, the cost drivers would respectively add 19% for scope changes, 30% for contingencies and design advancement, and 11% for additional external requirements. According to the cost-benefit analysis study, Rail Baltica’s cost is estimated at EUR 26 million per kilometer. Studies have shown that for similar high-speed rail projects in Europe, the average cost per kilometer is EUR 24 million and might reach up to EUR 35 million per kilometer. Source: The Railway Pro Website -- again 10BN missing ------ lol.
@Dimmiano
@Dimmiano 13 күн бұрын
РЖД train in first seconds of video?! Really? In 2024?!😮
@wellardme
@wellardme 12 күн бұрын
Maybe because this new line will see Russians trains on it if these chihuahua baltic countries keep running their mouths off.
@imantsjansons5009
@imantsjansons5009 7 күн бұрын
Cutting edge train stations, yes. The big fault from EU CEF was giving money to building stations before the main track is being built. E.g. Latvia till now managed to spent 796 millions EUR from CEF money and 227 mil. from the country's budget. Without one meter from the railway itself being built.
@mysoneffa2417
@mysoneffa2417 15 күн бұрын
WTF??? EU Map is WRONG UK is no longer in EU!!!
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 9 күн бұрын
May be it;s a prediction UK will be back when the Rail Baltica is finished.
@mysoneffa2417
@mysoneffa2417 8 күн бұрын
@@fidenemini111 lol 😆 😂 🤣 😅 😄
@jh5kl
@jh5kl 6 күн бұрын
​@@fidenemini111let's hope not
@Alexandr-ss5hy
@Alexandr-ss5hy 2 күн бұрын
Не бойся! Британия из твоих налогов не будет оплачивать этот глупый проект
@lkrnpk
@lkrnpk 9 күн бұрын
Great way to start video about Rail Baltica… by showing Russian Railways train 😂😃
@xipaki
@xipaki 13 күн бұрын
If I had a euro every time I read or watch smth about this monumental construction I’d have enough money to actually finish it They’ve turned Balkan 😂
@Just_another_Euro_dude
@Just_another_Euro_dude 13 күн бұрын
In fact Chinese already finished fast rail in Serbia in 2022, from Belgrade to Novi Sad, connected two biggest cities of Serbia. And now they are buisy building the fast rail from Novi Sad to Subotica, right to the border of Serbia with Hungary. Later the fast rail will continue all the way to Hungarian capital Budapest. So parts of Balkans ALREADY got modern, beautiful fast rail, unlike any part of the Baltics. 😊 Let's not even talk about the highways. There's many perverted beautiful highways and HUGE bridges now in Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, southern Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, southern Croatia... It's all either done or being built.
@viliussmproductions
@viliussmproductions 4 күн бұрын
Why use a fugly AI thumbnail? Surely, you have plenty of pictures to choose from, considering all the footage used in the video itself. it leaves a bad first impression and that's a lot on KZfaq.
@evgenyishchenko
@evgenyishchenko 12 күн бұрын
Let's see if it will be built by 2050...
@serjnikolay1495
@serjnikolay1495 15 күн бұрын
вы хотя бы потяните ...шпроты? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLiJeaWa1a2vmWQ.htmlsi=56shO3foiQk70t-N
@fidenemini111
@fidenemini111 9 күн бұрын
And you expect anybody bothers to google a translation? Weirdo.
@AndzejsDar
@AndzejsDar 2 күн бұрын
6.3BN.??? More like 30 BN. :D And please check ur facts. Or this looks like you just copied other video that came out 2 years ago!!!
@kristapszs1
@kristapszs1 2 күн бұрын
Very badly researched video and not upto date info. Costs have ballooned already to 27bil. Also it is politicaly driven project, not developed by private companies. And atleast for now, it is failing to meet the milestones and have big problems. Latvia is fcking it up big time
@vineshcivil9559
@vineshcivil9559 14 күн бұрын
870 km is monumental?? Welcome to India...
@ProtectusCZ
@ProtectusCZ 13 күн бұрын
870 km of modern secure high speed rail where people don't ride on a train roof
@sugraf
@sugraf 2 сағат бұрын
Seriously, if u wanna say the names of places in other countries, at least check how google translate pronounces them in the correct language... Its not that difficult.
@user-lp3hf3jx1w
@user-lp3hf3jx1w 3 күн бұрын
A multibillion-dollar road to nowhere. Absolutely unprofitable. Fewer than 6 million people live in these three countries and the population is constantly decreasing, industry has stopped and closed, ports are inactive. Russia is gone, Europe has not come. What and whom will this "ultramodern", sometimes single-track road carry? There is no connection to Helsinki and there will not be, ferries are interesting and funny.
@kzinas1
@kzinas1 2 күн бұрын
Russian propaganda for the people, so they dont have to worry about thier own country
@borisso.2070
@borisso.2070 9 күн бұрын
Thieves' scam
@Hexotin
@Hexotin 15 күн бұрын
$6.3 BN ? Please do the research... How about $24.5 BN. The Latvias part alone now is $10 BN. CBA analysis shows that this project is useless at these price levels.
@1111unamed
@1111unamed 15 күн бұрын
100% correct.
@jakob7116
@jakob7116 15 күн бұрын
Idk I searched and baltics have a very high amount of inflation but the new estimate from only a week or so ago was 15,3 billion euros = 16,4 billion dollars. Significantly lower than the number you posted
@1111unamed
@1111unamed 15 күн бұрын
@@jakob7116 as a local... I can confirm. The price tag is closing up to 25BN.
@darthmaul216
@darthmaul216 15 күн бұрын
Source?
@kristians2704
@kristians2704 14 күн бұрын
@@jakob7116that’s for the first phase. They had to divide it into phases because it got so expensive
@MrMigueldelaO
@MrMigueldelaO 15 күн бұрын
Why did Hitler build the Autobahn??? To move troops quickly. This is NATO's defense line against Russia. It's not to move pineapples from Sicily to Estonia easily, tho this is a benefit. It's always about power.
@98TrueRocker98
@98TrueRocker98 15 күн бұрын
The same Autobahn that was built literally in the centre of the country? What use is moving troops inside the centre of your own country? It would have made more sense (from warfare point of view) to build Autobahn in the Prussian regions, yet he didnt, because Autobahn wasnt primarily for warfare but economy
@MrMigueldelaO
@MrMigueldelaO 14 күн бұрын
@@98TrueRocker98 The German ports are in the north. In those days there were no hiways. Just roads that went from one village to another. Very slow and time consuming.To move troops and equipment - tanks, trucks -- from occupied Norway, France, Belgium, Netherlands, To the eastern front or the southern front - by ship thru the English Channel was too dangerous - they could send them to the northern ports - and a very safe route, down the middle of Germany therefore east to the eastern front or south to the southern front - Italy, Greece. Also the munitions factories had to send their weapons east, west, north, south - Also FOOD for the troops. This rapid north to south allowed munitions to be sent safely to the various fronts.
@98TrueRocker98
@98TrueRocker98 14 күн бұрын
@@MrMigueldelaO The reason for the highway that you claim sounds extremely reaching. "They built infrastructure BUT FOR WAR" is like saying they built industry for war, they made trade agreements for war, they made technological breakthroughs for war, increased birthrate for war etc... Its all a terrible reach, especially since Germany was focusing east, not west
@MrMigueldelaO
@MrMigueldelaO 14 күн бұрын
@@98TrueRocker98 Ten years later the Americans said - Duh - Those Germans are smart - and introduced the Interstate hiway system for the same reason - if ever there is a conflict they can move the military. But the people who originated this concept were the romans.
@98TrueRocker98
@98TrueRocker98 14 күн бұрын
@@MrMigueldelaO You completely ignored what I wrote Just because some things can be repurposed for war doesnt mean they were primarily made for war. I know, shocking
@Origen17
@Origen17 15 күн бұрын
I see a significant problem here. A lack of DEI iniatives. WAY too many white guys involved.
@drerri
@drerri 15 күн бұрын
Wtf are you yapping about. 99.9% of the population of the baltic states are white
@Hexotin
@Hexotin 15 күн бұрын
Have you been to eastern europe? What are you talking about?
@RedKnight-fn6jr
@RedKnight-fn6jr 15 күн бұрын
Hopefully, DEI, ESG and CRT will eventually be banned worldwide!
@98TrueRocker98
@98TrueRocker98 15 күн бұрын
Cry more BIPOC, our time is coming and you'll see even more of us
@crabLT
@crabLT 13 күн бұрын
There only are white people in these countries. They also don't want ant "diversity".
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