"cropevator" - 1 õppematerjal

Estonia railway history

The first railway was opened to traffic in Estonia 24th October 1870th In Paldiski - Tallinn - Narva - Gatshina section. This celebrate birth of Estonian Railways. That same year, from St. Petersburg - Warsaw railway. The Baltic To the Railway Company extended the 1870th In line Gatshinast Tosnoni, whereby the connection was present October Railway. thanks to the Baltic railways quickly began to evolve almost ice-free port of Tallinn, which was built at that time a large cropevator. The first narrow-gauge railway in Estonia was opened in 5th of October 1896 between Pärnu and Valga. In 1897 the railway reached Viljandi and in 1900 Tallinn. The supply railway was owned by the private company. In 1923 the supply railway was nationalized; after that it was joined with the Estonian Railway in 1926. Estonia developed its narrow-gauge railway network as an important economy factor: in 1939 its total lenght was 909 km.