Transportation

Via Baltica stretch in southern Lithuania to open to traffic

The penultimate stretch of the Via Baltica highway between the southern Lithuanian town of Marijampole and the Polish border is opening to traffic on Friday after some upgrades. The Lithuanian [..]

Ferry Regula to operate extra departures also in August

TS Laevad, subsidiary of listed Estonian port company AS Tallinna Sadam, has signed an additional agreement with the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture based on which the ministry will [..]

Pärnu-Uulu section of Via Baltica opens to traffic

The Pärnu-Uulu four-lane road section, which cost 35 million euros, was opened to traffic on the Tallinn-Pärnu-Ikla road on Wednesday, where, according to a traffic study, more than 15,000 vehicles [..]

Estonian bus operator Lux Express launches new Riga Airport express route

Ahead of the summer travel season, Estonian bus operator Lux Express has introduced additional buses on its routes from Tallinn to Riga and Vilnius and opened a new express line [..]

Estonian parlt passes motor vehicle tax

The Estonian parliament on Wednesday passed the government-initiated motor vehicle tax law, with which a two-part motor vehicle tax will be implemented from next year. Altogether 57 MPs voted in [..]

Speed cameras to be installed on Reid Road in Tallinn

On July 1, speed cameras will start working in the area of the three-way intersection of Reid Road, Narva Road and Pirita Road in Tallinn, which will not only record [..]

Estonia planning to multiply fares for county bus lines

According to a draft prepared by the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, the prices of bus tickets on regional lines will increase several times compared to the present. For [..]

Wolt, Bolt delivery fees to couriers vary by order

Delivery fees vary by order, say both the major companies engaged in food courier app services in Estonia, and depend on various factors including the courier’s location, the customer’s address, [..]

Plane which landed on Tallinn Highway on Saturday was on a private flight

An instructor who was on a private flight with a passenger piloted the plane that made an emergency landing on the Tallinn Highway near Adazi on Saturday evening, LETA has [..]

Ecolines’ St. Petersburg-Tallinn bus to run via Luhamaa

The bus operator Ecolines will direct the St. Petersburg-Tallinn bus, which the company has so far been operating through the northeastern Estonian border town of Narva, through the Luhamaa border [..]

New plan would see registration tax also hit second-hand cars bought in Estonia

The government needs to change its car tax plan to make sure it meets European Union rules. The latest plan would see the registration fee apply also to second-hand vehicles [..]

Lux Express to launch night-time bus service between Tartu, Riga

Estonian bus operator Lux Express is launching a night-time bus service between Tartu and Riga from May 1. Every day, a bus departs from Tartu at 11:55 p.m., bringing passengers [..]

Panevezys district residents to protest in Vilnius over Rail Baltica node

Residents of Lithuania’s northern district of Panevezys are staging a protest in front of the Presidential Palace in Vilnius on Tuesday against the developers’ proposed option for the Panevezys node [..]

Lux Express applies to provide shuttle service between Riga Airport and city center

International passenger carrier Lux Express on Tuesday submitted to the Road Transport Administration a request to add the Riga Center-Riga Airport route to the list of commercial bus routes of [..]

First-time registration of passenger cars in Latvia down 10.8% in Q1

In January-March 2024 first-time registration of passenger cars in Latvia dropped 10.8 percent year-on-year, with 12,797 automobiles registered for the first time during that period, according to the information from [..]

Wizzair cancels some flights from Lithuania

Hungarian airline Wizzair has cancelled six flight from Lithuania to European cities, including four from Kaunas and two from Vilnius, the madeinvilnius.lt website reported on Wednesday. Wizz Air has cancelled [..]

Tallinn Airport GH adds 3 more units to its electric car fleet

At the beginning of 2023, AS Tallinn Airport GH, a subsidiary of state-owned airport company AS Tallinna Lennujaam, introduced the first three electric cars into its car fleet intended for [..]

Lufthansa cancels four Vilnius-Frankfurt flights on Tuesday

German airline Lufthansa has cancelled all flights between Vilnius and Frankfurt scheduled for Tuesday due to a strike by its employees. A total of 4 flights were cancelled: two from [..]

AirBaltic offers shares to Lithuanian, Estonian govts

Latvia’s national airline airBaltic has offered the Lithuanian and Estonian governments to buy its shares, the Estonian Postimees news website reports. Martin Gauss, the company’s board chairman, told the website [..]

Survey: 3/4 of Estonians against car tax

According to the results of a survey commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, 76 percent of respondents are against the implementation of a car tax in [..]

Protesting Polish farmers to check what’s transported across Lithuania-Poland border

Polish farmers, who are planning to block a road on the Lithuanian border for a week starting Friday, will check what is being transported across the border in trucks, Karol [..]

First Skoda passenger train for Estonia arrives in Pilsen for testing

The assembly of the first of the new Skoda passenger trains being built for Estonia has been completed and the train has been dispatched from the Skoda Group factory in [..]

Sanitex wins tender to operate food service stalls on Elron’s new trains

Gobox, a brand of Sanitex OU, has won a public tender of state-owned passenger train operator AS Eesti Liinirongid, or Elron, for the provision of catering services for passengers on [..]

Kaunas airport starts using 3 CT baggage scanners

Kaunas Airport has become the first Baltic airport to scrap the requirement for passengers to remove electronic devices and liquids from their hand luggage for screening at security checks, its [..]

New passenger car market in Latvia grows 10.6% in 2023; most popular – Toyota, Skoda and VW

In 2023, Latvian new passenger car registration rose 10.6 percent against 2022, with 21,146 new vehicles registered, the Latvian Auto Association informed. Registration of new light passenger cars rose 10.4 [..]

Estonia to develop single platform for travel planning, ticket purchase

Estonia is about to create a single travel planning and ticket purchase platform in a bid to make traveling in Estonia easy. “Currently, passengers don’t have a convenient unified system [..]

Tallink not planning on resuming ferry services between Riga and Stockholm in the next few years

Estonian ferry operator Tallink does not plan to resume ferry traffic between Riga and Stockholm in the next few years, representatives of Tallink confirmed to LETA when asked about the [..]

Tallink to add Victoria I to Tallinn-Stockholm route for 2024 summer season

Tallink Silja Line announced that it will temporarily add the company’s vessel Victoria I to the popular Tallinn-Stockholm route between May 31 and August 31 to operate in tandem with [..]

Lux Express to open Tallinn-Warsaw direct route

Starting Friday, Lux Express will operate a new daily direct service between Tallinn and Warsaw, one of the most important hubs for bus passengers in Europe. The journey takes 18 [..]

Russia interested in opening Kaliningrad crossing, no proposals yet – Lithuanian MFA

Russia is interested in the possibility of opening the Dubki-Rambynas border crossing point but has not yet made any proposals to Lithuania, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has told BNS. “The Ministry [..]

Bus traffic in Riga delayed for up to an hour amid heavy snowfall

Passenger buses in Riga are running up to 60 minutes late on Thursday due to heavy snowfall, Baiba Bartasevica-Feldmane, a spokeswoman for Rigas Satiksme municipal transport company, informed LETA. On [..]

Parking fees could be raised in the center of Riga

Dzineta Innusa, CEO at Riga municipal public transport company Rigas Satiksme, is not ruling out that parking fees could be increased in Riga. Parking fees could be raised in the [..]

More than 284,000 passengers passed through Tallinn Airport in October, 2023 – a rise of 7.8% on the same period in 2022

A total of 284,215 passengers passed through Tallinn Airport in October, equalling the high-season volume recorded in August and the same month last year. Across the first 10 months of [..]

Lithuanian govt proposes allocating extra EUR 157 mln for roads next year

The Lithuanian government has tentatively agreed to allocate an extra 157 million euros for roads next year as some politicians, road workers and the presidential office propose suggest allocating more [..]

Tallinn’s resident parking discounts to remain in place

The Tallinn City Government recently adopted a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, which was discussed at the City Council meeting on Thursday. Among other things, the plan proposes a review of [..]

Lithuania’s LTG Cargo asks law enforcement to probe transport of luxury cars to Russia

LTG Cargo, the freight arm of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), Lithuania’s state-owned railway company, has asked law enforcement to investigate a possible violation of international sanctions in the export [..]

Estonia: NEXPO Tallinn to focus on urban transport

NEXPO Tallinn, the largest exhibition of green technologies in Estonia to date, will take place as part of Greentech Week on Nov. 13-17. The focus of European green innovation is [..]

Estonia: Tallinn Airport’s winter schedule to include 40 direct routes

This winter, a total of 17 airlines will be operating direct flights out of Tallinn on 40 different routes. The number of tickets on sale for the season is record-breaking [..]