July 10, the first train from Moscow to Tallinn departed, thereby marking the resumption of rail connection between the two capitals.
Services on the line Tallinn-St. Petersburg-Moscow performs ”Federal passenger company” (FPC), a subsidiary of Russian railways. The train runs in both directions every day.
Recall that in may of 2015 the railway connection was interrupted. In the new phase of cooperation route and timetable and pricing of transportation are revised. In the conditions of difficult economic and political situation, experts of both countries made a great and efficient effort to restore rail passenger service as soon as possible.
The rolling stock on the new line became more modern: all trains are equipped with conditioners, there are special seats for passengers with special physical needs.
The resumption of passenger service with Russia will cost Estonia up to several hundred thousand euros per year, but experts are confident that the route will become economically viable and can compete with air transport.
The train goes with all the stops, on the territory of Estonia there will be 5 of them: Narva, Jõhvi, Rakvere, Tapa and Tallinn. Journey time is from 16 to 18 hours.
Departure from Moscow (Leningradsky railway station) is at 21:20, stop in St. Petersburg (Baltiysky railway station) - 5:16 (waiting time 47 minutes), arrival in Tallinn at 13:38 the next day.
From Tallinn the train leaves at 15:20, stopping in St. Petersburg at 23:07 (waiting time more than an hour), arrival in Moscow is at 9:32 the next day.
As for pricing, the cost of tickets is considerably reduced: a ticket to Moscow will cost from €50 to €72 (coupe — €72, a seat in a parlor car — €61 and in a sitting — €50), and to St. Petersburg - €33, €27 and €21 respectively.
Train tickets Tallinn-St. Petersburg-Moscow can be purchased at sales points of Go Rail, in the major travel agencies in Estonia, on the website rzd.ru, at the box office of Baltiysky railway station in Saint Petersburg and the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow.
According to the materials of delfi.ee and rus.err.ee
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