Railway passenger transport operator Elron (Estonia) intentds to buy several five-railcar trains until 2018. The trains’ acquisition value is estimated at EUR 30 million.
“As has previously been discussed, our vision shows that we would need at least three more trains,” Elron’s Chairman of the Board Andrus Ossip said after a meeting with Economy and Infrastructure Minister Kristen Michal, The Baltic Course reports.
Ossip said that the attitude of the ministry was supportive about the plan and he hopes that a final decision about the new trains would be reached by the end of June. Then the earliest these trains could reach Estonia is 2018.
These three new trains would be used on the Tallinn-Tartu express route and trains used there now would be sent to Narva and Rapla and other routes to add much needed trips there. The opening of new routes is not planned by Elron, since alongside Rail Baltica, developing additional directions is not reasonable.
The new trains would have to be more comfortable that the current trains that are by many said to be suitable for short-distance travel but not for long-distance travel like the Tallinn-Tartu route.
Ossip said that the attitude of the ministry was supportive about the plan and he hopes that a final decision about the new trains would be reached by the end of June. Then the earliest these trains could reach Estonia is 2018.
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