ESTONIA RAILWAY PROJECT

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Project ID 2666

Status Cancelled

Location

Estonia

Business Sector

Transport

Notice Type

State

Project ID 2666

Status Cancelled

Location

Estonia

Business Sector

Transport

Notice Type

State

Environmental Category

Approval Date

27 Aug 1997

Disclosure date

03 Jun 1997

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

To provide long-term finance for track renewal, rehabilitation and rationalisation of rail yards and to support management development.

Project objectives: To improve service and finances by: (a) protecting existing revenue; (b) reducing operating costs and increasing revenue by overcoming capacity constraints; (c) enhancing conditions for successful privatisation of freight train operations; (d) improving safety and working conditions; and (e) reducing pollution.

Transition Impact

Expansion of the freight transport sector for transit traffic from Russia, strengthening of the commercial basis for providing track access to passenger train operators, and improving market-based skills through management development.

The Client

The borrower will be Eesti Vabariigi Raudtee (EVR), the principal Estonian Railway company. A sovereign guarantee will be sought from the Estonian Government.

EBRD Finance

EBRD loan of ECU 17.4 million equivalent in currency to be agreed. The proceeds will contribute to the rehabilitation of certain freight yard infrastructure together with rationalisation of tracks and train control systems, and a management development programme, to implement a more efficient and effective train operating strategy offering higher capacity.

Project Cost

The project is part of an ECU 70.3 million programme of infrastructure asset renewal jointly financed with the Export Import Bank of Japan with parallel financing by the European Investment Bank and EC Phare, and contributions from EVR and the Government of Estonia.

Environmental Impact

The project has been categorised as B/0, requiring an environmental analysis. The analysis was included as part of the Tallinn - Narva Line Capacity Study, prepared by the Canadian firm Transconsult. It showed that the Estonian railways have contributed to environmental problems and suffered from neglect and the poor practice of others. The Transconsult report describes several oil spillages, grease leakages and other waste deposited in rail yards and on tracks. As a result, it has been agreed that a Waste Management Plan should be included as part of the project. Discussions are currently under way involving EVR and the Estonian Ministry of Environment regarding the findings of the environmental analysis and the need, if any, for further studies.

Technical Cooperation

None

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

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No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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