Estonia railway history
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.
In 1913 there was started a construction of naval fortress railways network both on islands of
West-Estonia and Tallinn area. The network was not completely complete until the most lines
were closed in 1920. Liiva-Vääna line was given to Estonian Railway and the networks on
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