Transportation infrastructure development in the Baltic States and Poland has concentrated on improving other transportation modes than rail. Although the European Union has selected Rail Baltica as one of the TEN-T priority projects in 2005, major improvements on the corridor have not yet been implemented. This manuscript presents initial findings of the research effort, which studies attitudes of the public sector actors to Rail Baltica. According to the study, cities north to Riga emphasise the importance of connection to the north, while in Lithuania the main benefit is the connection to Warsaw and Berlin. Furthermore, in Estonia, passenger traffic is considered to be more important, while in Lithuania the emphasis is laid on freight.