voestalpine Railway Systems receives its largest single order to date worth over EUR 470 million for the new high-speed Rail Baltica line

The framework agreements provide for the supply of up to 1,000 high-speed and standard turnouts, including fully digital monitoring technology, for the fully electrified rail link. Production will take place at the voestalpine sites in Lithuania and Latvia, with the first products—prototypes—already being delivered in 2027.

High-speed turnouts from voestalpine Railway Systems are designed to handle speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. The intelligent turnouts equipped with diagnostic tools—the turnout’s “on-board computer”—simplify maintenance, preventing breakdowns as a result.

A single high-speed turnout can be equipped with around 40 sensors that collect various data, ranging from weather conditions to information on the condition of the turnout. This data is transmitted in real time to the analysis software, enabling necessary measures to be initiated at an early stage. As the global market leader for complete railway infrastructure systems, voestalpine Railway Systems is also one of the leading providers of standardized signaling technology (EULYNX). The monitoring systems are already used around the globe by nearly all major mixed-traffic railway companies, as well as by major freight railways in North America and mining railways in Australia and South America. Additional projects have been completed in South Korea, Mexico, Germany, Spain, and the U.S., among other locations.

Rail Baltica makes a significant contribution to connecting the Baltic states to the trans-European rail network. The cross-border construction project involves the five EU member states of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and indirectly Finland, and will create a high-speed north-south link between Helsinki and Warsaw. 

The project is also of historical significance: With Rail Baltica, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will be reconnected to the European standard-gauge rail network for the first time since World War II and thus fully integrated into the EU rail system.