Track gauge in Estonia explained

Estonia mainly uses a track gauge of or, inherited from the Russian Empire times.

Russian and 5 ft gauges

See also: Russian gauge.

Soviet UnionEstonia converted relatively late from the Soviet Union's redefinition of the gauge from to .

Post-independenceSince post-independence all renovated tracks owned by Eesti Raudtee have gauge . Other tracks have gauge 1,520 mm.

Standard gauge proposals

See main article: Rail Baltica. There has been a proposal from the EU to build a standard gauge railway from Tallinn to Warsaw, the Rail Baltica.

Narrow gauge

See also: Narrow gauge railways in Estonia. Historically Estonia had narrow-gauge installations. The tram network in Tallinn has a track gauge of .