Rahumäe railway station () is a railway station serving

Rahumäe Rahumäe (Estonian for 'peace hill' or 'quiet hill') is a subdistrict () in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,075 (), and a population density of . Rahumäe has a railway st ...

, a subdistrict of the Nõmme district of

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

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has approximately 3000 residents. The station is approximately 6.8 kilometers (4.2 mi) southwest from the Baltic station (Estonian: ''Balti jaam'') which is the main railway station of Tallinn, near the

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. The Rahumäe railway station is located between the and railway stations of the Tallinn-Keila railway line. The station was opened in 1926, and the station building was completed in 1930. There are two platforms along the two-track railway, both 146 meters long.

History

Although the

Tallinn-Paldiski railway AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusively the electrified commuter rail system in Harjumaa, and was known until October 2013 as ''Elektri ...

opened already in 1870, a station on this site was not opened before 1926. The station building was completed in 1930. Ticket sale was terminated in the station building in 1998.

Operations

Elron's electric trains from Tallinn to

Keila Keila () is a town and an Municipalities of Estonia, urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, southwest of Tallinn. As of 2021, the town has a population of 10,499 inhabitants. Keila is also the location of administrative b ...

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, Turba and Klooga-Rand stop at Rahumäe station. The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners. In 2020, there were approximately 58 train departures per day at Rahumäe railway station towards Tallinn city center. There is a possibility to transfer to TLT (Tallinn City Transport) bus line 36 at a bus station on ''Pärnu maantee'' and to bus line 23 at a bus station on ''Rahumäe tee''.

References

External links

Official website
of

Eesti Raudtee AS Eesti Raudtee (') known as 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 Tallin ...

(EVR) – the national railway infrastructure company of Estonia responsible for

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and

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of most of the Estonian railway network
Official website
of Elron – the national passenger

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of Estonia operating all domestic

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History

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