Investigation of priority directions of Rail Baltica extension from Warsaw

Abstract

Issues of the significance of Rail Baltica and its distribution for respective countries have been sufficiently investigated in literature sources. Some of literature references on this topic have been overviewed in this article. The article provides the methodology developed by the author used to assess the significance of extension of the passenger railway route in one or another direction. To this effect, the author suggests using a geometric mean method as a basis. The methodology was realized on the example of Rail Baltica line by investigating the significance of extension of the passenger railway route from Warsaw in the West and South directions.