Rail gauge in Estonia
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Estonia mainly uses a track gauge of or , inherited from the Russian Empire times.


Russian gauge

;Soviet Union Estonia converted relatively late from the Soviet Union's redefinition of the gauge from to . ;Post-independence Since post-independence all renovated tracks owned by
Eesti Raudtee Eesti Raudtee or EVR is the national railway infrastructure company of Estonia. It owns a network of of broad gauge () railway throughout the country, including the used by the Elron commuter trains around Tallinn. Its sole shareholder is the ...
have gauge . Other tracks have gauge 1,520 mm.


Standard gauge proposals

There has been a proposal from the EU to build a standard gauge railway from Tallinn to Warsaw, the
Rail Baltica Rail Baltica (also known as Rail Baltic in Estonia) is a high-speed railway under construction between Warsaw, Poland and Tallinn, Estonia, with further connections to Finland via Baltic Sea cruiseferries or the proposed Helsinki–Tallinn Tunne ...
.


Narrow gauge

Historically Estonia had narrow-gauge installations. The tram network in Tallinn has a track gauge of .


References

{{Navbox track gauge Estonia Rail infrastructure in Estonia