Tartu to Tallinn train

Trains from Tartu to Tallinn start at €21.79 and take 2h 5m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Tartu to Tallinn starts at €21.79 and takes 2h 5m door to door, run by 1 operator over 188 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 18 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 5mDoor to door
  • 1h 21mMoving
  • €28.39 to €61.39From
  • 06:03 to 14:45First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 6.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€28.39 to €61.39 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

AS Eesti Liinirongid runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Tartu to Tallinn on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €58.09Sat19
  2. about €61.39Sun20
  3. about €37.19Mon21
  4. about €33.34Tue22
  5. about €38.84Wed23
  6. about €55.89Thu24
  7. about €34.99Fri25
  8. about €31.69Sat26
  9. about €33.34Sun27
  10. about €33.34Mon28
  11. about €28.94Tue29
  12. about €28.39Wed30
  13. about €36.64Thu1
  14. about €32.79Fri2

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Fastest€21.79
  1. AS Eesti Liinirongid AS514014:451h 21m16:06Tartu railway stationTallinn Balti jaam

Door to door 2h 5mCO2 6.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
AS Eesti Liinirongid€20.692h 5m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Tallinn. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Tallinn for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Tallinn Balti jaam and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Tartu to Tallinn

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €13.3890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €12.2821 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €16.687 days
  8. €15.583 days
  9. €21.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 109 percent. The dearest point is €21.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €13.93Sun
  2. €13.38Mon
  3. €12.83Tue
  4. €13.38Wed
  5. €15.03Thu
  6. €13.38Fri
  7. €15.58Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Tartu

Rail
  • Tartu railway station
  • Nõo railway station
  • Reola railway station

Tallinn

Rail
  • Tallinn Balti jaam
  • Tallinn Baltic Station
  • Tallinn-Väike railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 188 km against 163 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Narva, Pärnu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Tartu at 06:03 and the last at 14:45, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 5m1h 21m44m€21.796.2 kg2
Coach3h 17m2h 33m44m€10.635.1 kg8

Questions about Tartu to Tallinn

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Tartu to Tallinn take?

The Train from Tartu to Tallinn takes 2h 5m door to door, of which 1h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 188 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Tartu to Tallinn cost?

The Train from Tartu to Tallinn starts at €21.79 for one passenger, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare is €23.72. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Tartu to Tallinn?

1 operators run the Train from Tartu to Tallinn: AS Eesti Liinirongid. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Tartu to Tallinn use?

The Train from Tartu to Tallinn leaves from Tartu railway station and arrives at Tallinn Balti jaam. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Tartu to Tallinn?

Travelling from Tartu to Tallinn by Coach costs €10.63 and takes 3h 17m door to door, against 2h 5m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Tartu to Tallinn?

Fares for the Train from Tartu to Tallinn bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Tartu to Tallinn produce?

The Train from Tartu to Tallinn produces about 6.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 188 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Tartu to Tallinn?

Operators on the Train from Tartu to Tallinn publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 5m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tartu to Tallinn on 18 September 2026: 188 km of route against 163 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.79, and 2h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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