Construction design of Rail Baltica’s Riga airport railway station

Railway line

Type of work

Preliminary design for the Rail Baltica Riga airport station and related sections

Country/Location

Riga, Latvia

Year

January 2018 - May 2020

Project technical details

Project description

This preliminary project involves the 25kV A.C. electrification of Riga airport station in Latvia and the related sections, including a depot yard. The project involves drafting the technical specifications based on the requests of the contracting station in accordance with existing regulations.

Technical information

Work start date

January 2018

Work end date

May 2020

Location/Country

Riga, Latvia

Client

SINTAGMA S.r.l.

Brief description

Preliminary 25kV A.C. electrification project for Riga airport station (Latvia) and the related sections

Type of Project

Preliminary design for the Rail Baltica Riga airport station and related sections

km/catenary mm²

13.746 km of single running plain track
10.138 km of single station plain track

Project technical details

371 LSU-type ET masts required by the project
2,000 m³ of concrete for the ET foundations
14.800 km of 150 mm² CSA copper-silver contact wire
14.800 km of 120 mm² CSA copper messenger cable

Critical issues

Drafting the reference technical specifications for the 1x25 kV A.C. line
Studying special framework and non-standard uses

Final cost

€ 3,569,843.06

13.746 km

km of single running plain track

The total distance in kilometres of the “running” and “station” plain track undergoing new electrification.

2,000 m³

Concrete for ET foundations

m³ in total of concrete used for the new surface and deep foundations of the ET masts.

14.800 km

150 mm² CSA copper-silver contact wire

In total of contact wire installed for the new electrification.

Client
SINTAGMA S.r.l.

SINTAGMA S.r.l.

Country
Latvia

Latvia

Want to know more?

Get in touch with our professionals