Estonia's Rail Baltica signs €9.826 million Kantsi tunnel contract on June 16

en.Wedoany.com Reported - Rail Baltica Estonia, the City of Tallinn, and construction company LEONHARD WEISS OÜ signed a contract worth €9,826,169 on June 16, 2026, for the first phase of the Kantsi tunnel and infrastructure works for the future Rail Baltica Ülemiste station. The contract, officially named "Ülemiste Station Area and Kantsi Tunnel Phase I Works," is part of the Rail Baltica TEN-T North Sea–Baltic Corridor in Estonia.

The project will create a new road and pedestrian passage between the Lasnamäe and Ülemiste districts, currently separated by railway lines, with the nearest crossing located over 3 kilometers away on Smuuli Road. Works are scheduled for completion by October 31, 2027. The contract scope includes earthworks, drainage systems, utility networks, a new passenger platform, access roads, and the first phase of the Kantsi tunnel beneath the future European standard-gauge Rail Baltica line. The tunnel will connect Peterburi Road and Suur-Sõjamäe Street, serving pedestrians, cyclists, public transport, and motor vehicles. Currently, the site can only be crossed via a pedestrian footbridge. This work is part of a broader €500 million investment planned by Rail Baltica Estonia, Tallinn Airport, and Mainor in the Ülemiste area over the coming years.

This €9.83 million contract is a relatively small but strategically positioned part of the Rail Baltica project, whose total cost across the three Baltic states is estimated at over €5.8 billion. By comparison, the Rail Baltica Riga Central Station construction contract, also involving LEONHARD WEISS (as part of a larger consortium), is valued at approximately €430 million. The scale of the Ülemiste contract aligns with other preparatory works for the European standard-gauge corridor: Poland's Solidarity Transport Hub railway project signed multiple ancillary works contracts valued between €8 million and €15 million during its 2023-2024 procurement phase. This phased structure—with the tunnel's first phase completed by 2027 and the Zaha Hadid Architects-designed Linda Terminal planned for 2028—mirrors the phased delivery model used at major European multimodal hubs such as Vienna Hauptbahnhof and Amsterdam Zuidas. The contracting parties did not disclose the value breakdown between station infrastructure and tunnel works.

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