Estonia

Estonian Railway workers considering strike

October 11, 2024

The board of the Estonian Railway Workers Trade Union is meeting on Friday to discuss the government’s plan to trim the budget of Estonian Railways and its subsidiary Elron. The [..]

Estonia

New Škoda train begins speed tests on the Keila-Klooga railway section

August 20, 2024

Starting Monday, a new Škoda train is conducting test runs at its maximum permitted speed on the Keila-Klooga railway section in Estonia, with additional safety measures in place. “High-speed test [..]

Estonia

Tallinn plans additional tram line to airport

July 16, 2024

An additional tram line branch will be established at Tallinn Airport by early 2026, allowing trams to pass each other, tighten schedules if necessary, and potentially open an additional tram [..]

Latvia

Latvia to require foreign motorists to declare vehicles registered in third countries

May 30, 2024

The Saeima today sent for committee review government approved draft amendments to the Road Traffic Law introducing a requirement for foreign motorists to declare vehicles that are registered in third [..]

Lithuania

Ryanair cancels flight from Vilnius due to strike in France

April 26, 2024

Irish airline Ryanair has cancelled more than 300 flights, including from Vilnius to Paris, due to Thursday’s strike by French air traffic controllers. According to information on Vilnius Airport’s website, [..]

Estonia

Scheduled flights between Parnu, Helsinki canceled this year

March 20, 2024

There will be no scheduled flights between Estonia’s southwestern resort town of Parnu and the Finnish capital city Helsinki this year, unlike in the previous two summers, as local entrepreneurs, [..]

Latvia

Supervisory board at Pasazieru Vilciens steps down due to fiasco involving new trains

January 25, 2024

Due to the passenger transport crisis caused by the new electric trains manufactured by Skoda Vagonka, the Supervisory Board of joint-stock passenger rail company Pasazieru Vilciens (PV) has decided to [..]

Latvia

Ecolines to resume Riga-St Petersburg bus traffic from February

January 18, 2024

Norma-A, which provides passenger transport under the brand Ecolines, will resume direct bus services between Riga and St. Petersburg from February 1, representatives of Ecolines confirmed to LETA. At the [..]

Lithuania

First passenger train on reopened Vilnius-Riga route departs from Lithuanian capital

December 27, 2023

The first train of the reopened Vilnius-Riga direct route of LTG Link, the passenger arm of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), Lithuania’s state-owned railway company, departed from Vilnius Railway Station [..]

Estonia

Estonian govt scraps free rides on regional buses

December 21, 2023

Estonia’s Minister of Regional Affairs Madis Kallas has signed a regulation according to which paid regional bus transport will be restored nationwide in 2024. So far, rides on regional buses [..]

Latvia

New electric trains will start running on several routes on Friday

December 11, 2023

New electric trains will start running on several routes at once on Friday, said Rodgers Janis Grigulis, Chairman of the Board of Pasazieru Vilciens passenger train company, in an interview [..]

Latvia

Tallinn is the most popular destination for Latvian passengers from Riga – Lux Express

December 4, 2023

Tallinn is the most popular destination for Latvian passengers from Riga for the international passenger carrier Lux Express, Aldis Kibens, Head of Baltic Business Development at Lux Express, told LETA [..]

Lithuania

Vilnius-Riga passenger train to be launched next year – minister

October 23, 2023

A passenger train between Vilnius and Riga will start running early next year, Lithuanian Transport and Communications Minister Marius Skuodis says, adding that the train will go via Siauliai, and [..]