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Train Recognition Guide Super High Speed Main European Countries Austria Belgium Denmark Croatia > Estonia Diesel Locomotives Gallery Finland France Georgia Germany Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Russia Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom North America		Welcome to Estonia Main Page. Please pick the category or article below! General information on Railways in Estonia The old Estonia main page is can be found here while this page is being updated. In the end of the 1990's when the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania regained their lost independence from the Soviet Union, the reborn national railways simply took over Soviet rail lines, trains and equipment residing on their territories. Since these states joined the EU in 2004, especially Estonia moved quickly forward towards the general new EU idea of free competition in railway operations and recently also created railroad administration institution which is separate and independent from the once national main railroad organization. Most of the rolling stock is still owned by the dominant Eesti Raudtee (EVR). The passenger traffic is organized between Edelraudtee (Southwestern railways) for the operations on the DMUs and Elektriraudtee (Electrical railways) for the operations under the 3000V wire. In addition there is a GoRail company witha n overnight train from Tallinn, Estonia to St Petersburg, Russia. There are however numerous reil freight companies running on the network, including Transoil, ERS and others. 4rail.net editors have been visiting Estonia frequently and found out that every year the environment is somehow significantly different from years before. Welcome to join us with the articles in the Estonian pages! 123...	Created for 4rail.net by Ilkka Siissalo, Hannu Peltola, Stanislav Voronin and John McKey. Pictures by Stanislav Voronin, Ilkka Siissalo, Hannu Peltola and John McKey. Also in this section The Estonian Railways Main Page is a good starting point for browsing! The Estonian Gallery Page has hundreds of railroading pictures from all around the country! The Estonian rolling stock pages cover Diesel Locomotives, EMUs, DMUs and MOW equipment along with the narrow gauge vehicles.
		Estonian Infrastructure and Future of the Estonian Railway Operations Estonia has a great potential to build world scale infrastructure for its passenger and freight rail operations. Currently Estonia has a number of efficient seaports, all connected with excellent freight rail infrastructure. Passenger infra has suffered from the neglect and lack of investment during the Russian and the latter independence period. If you look at the map, Estonia could build its place in the crossroads between the East and the West, the North and the Central Europe. It could be an important link to connect Finland with Berlin with land connection as well. This could be achieved with a tunnel under the Finnish gulf and extending the high speed normal gauge network from Berlin to Tallinn or use the gauge change machine on the way. Estonian Infrastructure Page Estonian Stations Page
		Estonian Rail Operators and Rolling Stock Owners Most visible of the Estonian rail operators is the Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways) once owned by Ed Burkard (of Wisconsin Central). Other well visible operators include Edelraudtee, Elektriraudtee as well as Transoil, Spacecom, etc. There are also local operators like Sillamäe Sadam and Kohtaljarve burning rock railroads. Estonian Operator and Owners Page...
		Estonian Rolling Stock This section references the most usual Estonian rolling stock and discusses their origin as well as takes a look at the next steps of modernization. As Estonian borders are open to railroading everywhere except north there are lots of types and classes! Estonian Diesel Locomotives Page Estonian EMUs Page Estonian DMUs Page Estonian Freight and Passenger Cars Page Russian Locomotives Page... The Old Estonian Roster Page...
		Estonian Railway Gallery Page has a large number of Estonian railway and other pictures.





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