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Tartu's aim of opening a rail link to Riga by 2024 would be possible with state aid. The connection would require €500,000-700,000 in annual subsidies.

Estonian Railways has introduced a cheaper rate for coal from Kazakhstan in an attempt to bring transit to Estonia. According to the plan, Estonian Railways and ports could move 30,000-50,000 tons of coal a month yielding the same figure in euros.

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has prompted economic sanctions as well as talk of terminating business in Russia, but the import of raw materials from Russia to Estonia is still in the process of winding down. According to involved parties, however, things are heading in that direction, with companies taking full advantage of contracts concluded prior to the invasion until then.

State railtrack company Eesti Raudtee estimates the freight capacity for the ongoing year to stand at 12.5 million tons, up one ton from 2020. In January, the freight volume on Estonian railroads reached 1.2 million tons, 32 percent more than January in 2020. According to Eesti Ruadtee commercial director Arthur Raichmann, a similar trend should continue in February. He also mentioned that while the growth is noticable, it is hard to compare it to last year's reduced capacities. Freight volume has primarily grown in relation to transit haulage from Belarus and Ukraine, Raichmann said. The lar...