The Ministry of Regional and Agricultural Affairs has submitted for approval a regulation that sets new maximum ticket prices for trains starting in February 2025.
To reduce overcrowding during peak departures, stronger demand-based pricing are also to be implemented, starting February.
In determining ticket prices, there will be greater focus on how to alleviate peak-hour overcrowding, particularly on long-distance routes, and encourage the use of less crowded departures through more favorable ticket prices, Andres Ruubas, head of the public transport department at the regional ministry, said.
The increase in maximum prices is driven by the rising costs of Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) infrastructure in 2025, as well as the rise in other input costs, the ministry noted in a press release.
According to the draft ticket pricing regulation, starting February 3, 2025, the maximum ticket price for suburban routes in Zone I (Tallinn–Pääsküla, Tallinn–Laagri, Tallinn–Valdeku, Tallinn–Vesse) will go up to €2.20 (compared with €1.80 in 2024).
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