I’m definitely hyped for this project to be completed, I finally want my country Latvia to be connected to Western Europe

Dumpster of a town 🤢🤮🤧

This is one of the EU's flagship projects. What are those guys in their ivory towers doing ?

And now the money ran out

...Good video, like...

I presume once the rail baltica 1435mm line is completed, old soviet tracks will be ripped out, i guess this would free extra land for other stuff but also expansion of 1435mm network. Croatia is also building high speed line from Rijeka to Zagreb, initially limited to 160kmph but enabled for high speed 250kmph service. Like Rail Baltica it is also being delayed due to finances. The 270km line which starts in port of Rijeka and will go via Zagreb - Koprivnica to Hungarian border. The line will cost around €4.2 billion, 85% financed by the EU, the line should be completed by 2030, section between Zagreb and Hungarian border some 100km should be completed by end of 2025, section between Zagreb - Karlovac on the southern section of the route work have started but they're not set to be finished before end of 2027, 56km section is relatively easy section, as it is flat part of the line. Section between Karlovac and Rijeka, 120km section will be very difficult, the plan is to build 22km tunnel, that will connect Rijeka to a locality known as Dreznica, there are 3 tunnels on this route, 22km 14km and 9km all very complex and will take long time to finish. Section between Dreznica to Karlovac will go through very hilly terrain and will also require noumber of tunnels, viaducts and bridges,. Karlovac -- Rijeka section will cost initially around €3.6 billion, with completion data given as 2030, but very likely it'll be 2032. Once complete, the line will allow for high speed train service between Rijeka and Zagreb and onward to Hungary, but service will be limited to 160kmph speeds as higher speeds aren't financially justified at this stage, later on the speeds will go up to max 250kmph once market matures and there's a demand for a high speed service. Croatia in 2023 had only 24 million passengers, across entire network, in 1990, that figure was 57 million, so less than half of what it used be. Hope is by 2035, we could reach 1990 figures in terms of passenger traffic.

Jamiks?

I just can't wait for all those rail projects to be completed. I live in Lodz, Poland, 5 minutes walking from a train station that was an end station right in the city centre since it had been built when Poland was partitioned. If all goes well, trains will finally be able to go through it, the whole network will be updated. I'm looking forward to getting on a train and going all the way to Finland through all the Baltic States one day ❤

The concrete structure of the railway overpass should be "masked" by trees along the entire urban length. For the view to be like 3:27 Of course, the distance between the trees and the flyover should be equal to the target height of the trees.

Good to see that progress is being made, but still a lot of work to go with the line itself. When this project is finished they will revolutionise transport in the Baltics. By the way it's amazing to see that the construction is respected by local people. In my country all those new walls and structures would be already vandalised with graffiti and sh*t.

It was a great recklessness from the European Commission to give money for expensive station reconstructions while not a single kilometer of the main track has been built.

Utaino midzenis- čemodāns ir ? Stacijaj arī jābut. Ko gaidam vate ?

Thank you for the update. I commute through the central station almost every day, but don't have the time to walk about and check it out.

We have shorter couplings. 🇪🇪

I wander if ever they will get to Jugla, where alot of visually impaired people live. It's a mess.

Одобряю: старички пониже и поближе к выходу. А молодёжь подальше и повыше. Мест вроде на всех хватает.

I dont like 2 level😱.and 3+3?and bike?????no no no no💔🥺.old train its better!!!!

6:00 lol

This magic moment when old trains made in Latvia in soviet time is bether then new brand Skoda

the author is lying, this train is very unpleasant to travel. it is very noisy, everything is buzzing and noisy everywhere, the doors squeak loudly, the carriages shake and the noise from the wheels is like in an old train. This is not a regio panter, but a cheaper copy of it.

people stood at stops for hours because no one told them that the new train had broken down. out of 11, 5 broke, and the minister said that this was normal.

They haven’t even started working yet and are already breaking down. As they write in the news, Skoda did not expect them to break.

Так это рельсобус,на электричку даже не тянет.И это достижерия за 30 лет независимости?

There is a Skoda trains 🚆 in Ukraine 🇺🇦.

Europe should keep investing into low-cost rail services. It should heavily tax low-cost carrier airlines.

Croatian made ?? So awesome !!!

время в пути 4 часа 23 минуты ну и нахуй при таком корыто сиденьи ехать.

Cesis is one of the most beautiful towns in Latvia - historic centre and surroundings with amazing landscape surrounding the town. Worth a visit in every season but especially nice in summer and autumn

Good train review. I also don't get why the LED and other digital stuff doesn't work on the train. It seems they haven't bothered to fix it.

Good nice 👍👍👍

Kāpēc uzbraukšana uz Piedrujas ielu caur apli? Īstā nobrauktuve bija ciet?

Dēļ tādiem idiotiem kā tu uz dienvidu tilta un slāvu apļa veidojas sastrēgumi. Ja tu brauc pa dienvidu tiltu no Daugavas puses un vēlies nogriezties uz Piedrujas ielu, tad izmanto nobrauktuvi, kura tam ir paredzēta un nebrauc slāvu aplī.

I have difficulties to understand why such an important ringroad has been partially desiged as two lane instead of all four lane.

I don't think the diesel trains will ever be replaced. It is more likely that they will electrify the rail system in whole country and only electric trains will run.

5:04 Is a button on a faucet hygienic? Was it difficult to install a proximity switch? 5:17 Some kind of cheap homemade frame, just don’t tell me it was made at the factory. 5:25 some kind of plate above the handle and this scary TV box 5:45 Still praying on the same level of the floor of the train and the platform? 5:55 Nice moment when conductor goes out to check for possible closing doors when doors are closing automatically... Why does she going out and then... waits for opening doors? Weird thing! 6:20 It is a strange that the brand "vivi" can be more friendly for people than "passenger train". This name can tell about anything, not only about trains. 6:46 You can’t hope, given the past experience of many years of scams, including with Skoda, where they “saved” about half, most likely this will all end. Moreover, doctors will soon go on strike. 7:58 As you can see, the gray and black colors are the main theme of the vivi. And a little bit of orange... 8:00 Hole latvian? 9:04 this whistle is clearly audible inside, so you will listen to every acceleration and braking, as well as the rumble of the wheels. 21 century. 9:20 Skoda promised 32 trains this year, delivered 18, and only three were put on the line. nothing bothers you?

Don’t believe these charlatans from Vivi, they are pv, they deceived everyone so many times, constantly stole money from “modernizations”, constantly robbed staff, taking away their “bonuses” according to plan, about 25%, they also failed the project with Skoda, collecting strange devices made from old parts, so there are only few videos with real trips, they avoid to show all issues happening with these old trash. These "new" trains hum, whistle, rattle like old ruins. The interior is made terribly, everything is gray, it can’t drive normally, there aren’t enough traction drives. They promised to deliver 32 trains at the beginning of this year, only 18 were delivered, and only three were put on the line. They promised to release a new train to Jelgava on Sunday, but they deceived us again. I just threw away the ticket. They could not divide the bribes for more than ten years. And now they made this trash, in which, it seems to me, they stole about 50% of the money.

Estonia has bought very similar trains for an intercity line between Tallinn and Tartu, which I think is what these would be better suited to as well. I can imagine Vivi will put these to use on longer lines when the electrification goes further from Riga than the commuter train line distances that they have electrified now, but I hope they also buy proper commuter train rolling stock like the Stadler FLIRTS in Estonia, Finland and elsewhere.

This is not regiopainter, this is Škoda 16ev

Он что, один такой?

Tur ir kur nolikt ričukus?

The train is fine but the color inside is depressing.

I think they (Riga city developers, LU campus developers, etc) should make a concerted effort to build up the entire area around the station, to raise street level above the future platforms, for better accessibility and all... The place is indeed swampy. Digging down in that, to build the underground multi-storey car parks - that's backwards, when there's an opportunity to dig less.

Skyscrapercity - jauda

Awesome progress Trolls may go shove themselves somewhere where light doesn't shine

Up next Austrumu maģistrāle 2.kārta ?😁

Oho Rīga mainās. 😂 esmu Anglijā jau 5 gadus. 😂

Thanks for the content !!

Labi, ka iekļāvi oriģinālo ceļu cauri Ķekavai. Var forši salīdzināt, kāds laiks un ciešanas tiek ietaupītas ar apvedceļu (un to saku kā ķekavietis 😀)

Thanks for review. Will see how this proj will look after some more time. Been there some weeks ago, but saw from outside. The beach currently looks really weird. Would like to believe that it becomes better and currently it's just in realization stage. There little further along the Jugla ezers beach "Hepsor" planning to create the other project. Maybe some day there will be some nice "promanade" between these projects. For sure it's just my imagination, but would like to see this :)

Paldies par informāciju un ieguldīto darbu. Tā. turpināt 🇱🇻