Elron (rail transit)

Elektriraudtee (Estonian for Electric Railway ) is a state Estonian Railway Company, the railway transport in Tallinn and its surroundings operates. It is usually understood as Tallinn S -Bahn, since they enter transported mainly passengers from Tallinn to Tallinn and out. It is jointly owned by Eesti Raudtee. Currently, the entire fleet is replaced: The outmoded Latvian electric multiple units will be replaced by newly purchased units of the type Stadler Flirt. In addition, similar trainsets are with diesel engines put into service to replace the Russian diesel multiple units of the Edelaraudtee (responsible for the innerest American passenger is made outside the Tallinn). Both versions of the Stadler Flirt carry the words Elektriraudtee, which thus takes over the entire visible innerest American passenger rail. The retired Russian railcars to be used reportedly in Latvia on.

Since October 2013, the former Elektriraudtee operates under the brand name of the company AS Eesti Elron Liinirongid.

Line network

The network of Elektriraudtee consists of a line with two branches. The entire network is 132 km long. The main line runs from Aegviidu to Keila on the Baltic station of Tallinn ( Balti jaam ), which lies in the middle of the net. In Keila the main line splits into a line to Paldiski via Klooga and one after Riisipere. In Klooga a short distance to the beach branches ( Klooga - edge ).

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