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Kliimaministeerium

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Type
National rail HQ — government ministry, registry code 70001231, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn; it took the transport portfolio on 1 July 2023, when the Government of the Republic Act was amended to reorganise the Ministry of the Environment into the Ministry of Climate and to make the Ministry of Climate the representative of the Republic of Estonia in the relationships previously held by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in this field. The ministry has two ministerial areas inside it, energy and environment, and infrastructure
Market · Region
European Union · Estonia
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Technology areas
Signalling & train control, Electrification, Track & civil, Digital operations

Competent state authority responsible for Estonia's railway sector, infrastructure planning and regulation.

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The Ministry of Climate is the competent state authority responsible for the railway sector under section 80(1) of the Railway Act. Its governing area covers transport, including carriage, international public transport, transit, logistics and transport infrastructure, traffic management including traffic on railways, and the planning and implementation of transport systems, mobility and mobility services. Under section 73 of the Railway Act it draws up the action plan guiding the development of the public railway infrastructure, which the Government approves for at least a five-year period, and under section 80(1) it concludes contracts of at least five years with the infrastructure manager. It concludes public service contracts with railway undertakings, participates in fare and price policy, and is one of the six supervisory bodies listed in section 143(1) of the Railway Act. It is the sole shareholder of OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia and the holder of AS Raudtee Varad, and Transpordiamet sits in its governing area. Its own rail page states that Estonia has over 2,000 km of railway and gives 1,540 km of public railway, 624 km of non-public railway and 132 km of electrified railway; Statistics Estonia's register series for 2024 gives 2,124 km in all, 1,494 km public and 233 km of electrified running track, and the divergence is carried rather than reconciled.

Type
National rail HQ — government ministry, registry code 70001231, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn; it took the transport portfolio on 1 July 2023, when the Government of the Republic Act was amended to reorganise the Ministry of the Environment into the Ministry of Climate and to make the Ministry of Climate the representative of the Republic of Estonia in the relationships previously held by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in this field. The ministry has two ministerial areas inside it, energy and environment, and infrastructure
Where
Estonia · Tallinn
Programmes
Connecting Europe Facility, TEN-T, Recovery and Resilience Facility, EU High-Speed Rail Plan, ERTMS / ETCS
Technology areas
Signalling & train control, Electrification, Track & civil, Digital operations

Structure

  • operated by Elron — AS Eesti Liinirongid operates the Tartu–Riga international passenger service for Kliimaministeerium under a public service contract concluded on 22 December 2025; the operator states that the state supported the preparation of the direct connection with in 2025 and that the project is carried out together with the Latvian passenger operator (active · since 2025-12-22)
  • controls Rail Baltic Estonia — The Republic of Estonia holds the whole of the share capital of OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia in sole ownership through the holder account of Kliimaministeerium; the company's owner expectations were confirmed by shareholder decision of 17 July 2024 and its articles by sole-shareholder decision of 18 August 2026 (active · since 2014-10-10)
  • funds Eesti Raudtee — Under section 73 of the Railway Act Kliimaministeerium draws up the action plan guiding the development of the public railway infrastructure, which the Government approves for at least five years, and under section 80(1) it concludes contracts of at least five years with the infrastructure manager as the competent state authority responsible for the railway sector; the plan for 2021–2028 sets of investment in AS Eesti Raudtee infrastructure (active)
  • funds Edelaraudtee — The same Government-approved action plan for 2021–2028 sets of investment in Edelaraudtee AS infrastructure and records that these investments raise the company's annual cost base from to by 2028 (active)
  • controls Transport Administration — Section 61(2) of the Government of the Republic Act places Transpordiamet in the governing area of Kliimaministeerium (active)

Who holds what here

  • awarded Elron — Kliimaministeerium awarded AS Eesti Liinirongid the international public service contract for passenger carriage on the Tartu–Riga route, concluded 22 December 2025 (active · since 2025-12-22)
Sources for these relationships (8)
  • ● Republic of Estonia — e-Äriregister (e-Business Register) · OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia, registry code 12734109: share capital EUR 29,228,265 held in sole ownership through the holder account of Kliimaministeerium (registry code 70001231), registered 10 October 2014, Veskiposti tn 2/1, 10138 Tallinn (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● AS Eesti Liinirongid (Elron) · 2025. a majandusaasta aruanne — 36 pages: 100 per cent state-owned and within the administrative area of the Regionaal- ja Põllumajandusministeerium; sixteen lines, six electric and ten diesel; 748.245 km of lines of which 174.886 km electrified; 20 diesel and 18 electric units; 7.66 million passengers in 2025 against 7.93 million in 2024; 98.16 per cent schedule adherence against a 98.75 per cent target; operating income EUR 73.5 million with state operating support of EUR 41.8 million and ticket revenue of EUR 22.093 million; thirteen new Škoda EMUs arrived by end-2025 (published 2026-05 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Vabariigi Valitsus (Government of the Republic of Estonia) / Kliimaministeerium · Avaliku raudteeinfrastruktuuri arendamist suunav tegevuskava aastateks 2021–2028, confirmed by the Government under Railway Act section 73(1) — 22 pages: two public railway managers, state-owned AS Eesti Raudtee and privately owned Edelaraudtee AS; EUR 840.2 million to be invested in AS Eesti Raudtee infrastructure over 2021–2028 and EUR 45.8 million in Edelaraudtee AS infrastructure; electrification of Tallinn–Narva, Tapa–Tartu–Valga and Tartu–Koidula costed at EUR 274.2 million; Haapsalu restoration stage II Risti–Haapsalu–Rohuküla at EUR 80 million and electrification non-eligible costs at EUR 31 million still to be found; Tallinn ring railway estimated at about EUR 112 million; Valga–Koidula reconstruction and reopening to passenger trains at EUR 42–45 million; level-crossing safety 2021–2024 about EUR 14.2 million covering 123 crossings. The strings ERTMS and ETCS appear nowhere in the document (published 2021 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia · OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia põhikiri, confirmed by sole-shareholder decision 18.08.2026 No 1-3/26/36 — statutory objects, including that the company becomes the infrastructure manager of the Rail Baltic infrastructure in Estonia from the moment it is brought into service (published 2026-08-18 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia · Rail Baltic Estonia OÜ 2026. 1. kvartali aruanne (published 2026-04 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Riigi Teataja (State Gazette of Estonia) · Raudteeseadus (Railway Act), consolidated text RT I, 19.02.2026, 2, in force from 1 March 2026, read through the gazette's own back-end at https://www.riigiteataja.ee/public-api/api/v1/akt/119022026002/blob-html because the public page is a JavaScript application. Section 73(1)–(2): the Ministry of Climate draws up the action plan guiding the development of the public railway infrastructure and the Government approves it for at least five years. Section 106: TTJA determines the infrastructure charge and mark-ups and collects the charges. Section 108(1)–(2): Konkurentsiamet monitors the competitive situation on the rail services market and 'on ka reguleeriv asutus Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu direktiivi 2012/34/EL tähenduses'. Section 143(1) lists six supervisory bodies; 143(3) gives Konkurentsiamet accounting separation, the licences in section 12(1) points 1–3 and complaints under section 109; 143(4)–(5) gives TTJA the upkeep of structures and rolling stock, safety management system supervision, the licences in section 12(1) points 4–5, the driver chapter, the interoperability chapter and supervision of single safety certificates and of the trackside control-command and signalling, energy and infrastructure subsystems under Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2016/798; 143(6) limits Transpordiamet to checking compliance with the requirements set for railway undertakings having regard to section 7, which applies Regulation (EU) 2021/782 on rail passenger rights (published 2026-03-01 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Riigi Teataja (State Gazette of Estonia) · Vabariigi Valitsuse seadus (Government of the Republic Act), consolidated text RT I, 07.05.2025, 9. Section 45 lists the ministries and contains no Taristuministeerium. Section 61, inserted by RT I, 30.06.2023, 1 in force 1 July 2023, puts transport — including carriage, international public transport, transit, logistics and transport infrastructure, traffic management including rail traffic, and the planning and implementation of transport systems, mobility and mobility services — in the governing area of Kliimaministeerium, and places Keskkonnaamet and Transpordiamet in that area; the transitional provision reorganised the Ministry of the Environment into the Ministry of Climate from 1 July 2023 and made the Ministry of Climate the representative of the Republic in the relationships previously held by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in that field (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice 66373-2026 (notice type can-tran), 29 January 2026 — Raudtee reisijateveo rahvusvahelise avaliku teenindamise leping, buyer Kliimaministeerium, EUR 10,692,687 to AS Eesti Liinirongid for international public passenger service on the Tartu–Riga route, contract concluded 22 December 2025 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Tartu–Riga passenger service public service contractIn execution$5–25mAwarded December 2025

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13 sources · all primary
  • ● Kliimaministeerium (Ministry of Climate) · kliimaministeerium.ee — ministry site, contacts and registry code 70001231 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Kliimaministeerium (Ministry of Climate) · Liikuvus — Raudtee: the ministry's own rail page, last updated 16 April 2025. It states that the ministry coordinates the development of railway infrastructure, logistics, passenger and freight transport and rolling stock and of traffic and environmental safety, participates in fare policy and concludes public service contracts with railway undertakings; that Estonia has over 2,000 km of railway of which most belongs to AS Eesti Raudtee and Edelaraudtee Infrastruktuuri AS; and its table gives public railway 1,540 km, non-public 624 km, 2,164 km in all, with electrified railway 132 km on the public network and none on the non-public network (published 2025-04-16 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Kliimaministeerium (Ministry of Climate) · Liikuvus — Raudtee — AS Raudtee Varad: the ministry's own account of the privatisation of the state freight operator. Until December 2024 the group carried freight on Estonian railways and maintained and repaired rolling stock under the name AS Operail; it left wagon leasing and Finnish freight by the owner's decision by the start of 2023; in February 2024 the government decided to privatise the remaining business lines; the two-stage auction opened on 7 June 2024, the best binding bid was made by the Estonian company AS Tiigi Keskus, the sale and purchase agreement was signed on 31 October 2024 and the business together with the subsidiary Operail Repairs OÜ passed to the new owner on 10 December 2024. The legal entity left with the state, AS Raudtee Varad (registry code 11575850) and its subsidiary RV Leasing Finland Oy, does no active business, has no employees, and holds Russian-owned open wagons that are frozen assets which sanctions forbid returning to Russia or buying out (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Vabariigi Valitsus (Government of the Republic of Estonia) / Kliimaministeerium · Avaliku raudteeinfrastruktuuri arendamist suunav tegevuskava aastateks 2021–2028, confirmed by the Government under Railway Act section 73(1) — 22 pages: two public railway managers, state-owned AS Eesti Raudtee and privately owned Edelaraudtee AS; EUR 840.2 million to be invested in AS Eesti Raudtee infrastructure over 2021–2028 and EUR 45.8 million in Edelaraudtee AS infrastructure; electrification of Tallinn–Narva, Tapa–Tartu–Valga and Tartu–Koidula costed at EUR 274.2 million; Haapsalu restoration stage II Risti–Haapsalu–Rohuküla at EUR 80 million and electrification non-eligible costs at EUR 31 million still to be found; Tallinn ring railway estimated at about EUR 112 million; Valga–Koidula reconstruction and reopening to passenger trains at EUR 42–45 million; level-crossing safety 2021–2024 about EUR 14.2 million covering 123 crossings. The strings ERTMS and ETCS appear nowhere in the document (published 2021 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Kliimaministeerium (Ministry of Climate) · News, 6 August 2025: Kliimaministeerium andis Riigikogule ülevaate Rail Baltica arengutest — construction project estimated at EUR 3.07bn of which about EUR 1.5bn is funded, about EUR 290m to be invested in 2025 and about EUR 1.1bn under contract (published 2025-08-06 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Kliimaministeerium (Ministry of Climate) · News, 14 November 2025: Rail Balticust — Euroopa rahastuse eelduseks kiire ehitustempo (published 2025-11-14 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Kliimaministeerium (Ministry of Climate) · News, 19 May 2026: Balti transpordiministrid arutasid Tallinnas Rail Balticu ehitust — the whole main line covered by construction contracts and active construction on more than 100 km (published 2026-05-19 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Riigi Teataja (State Gazette of Estonia) · Raudteeseadus (Railway Act), consolidated text RT I, 19.02.2026, 2, in force from 1 March 2026, read through the gazette's own back-end at https://www.riigiteataja.ee/public-api/api/v1/akt/119022026002/blob-html because the public page is a JavaScript application. Section 73(1)–(2): the Ministry of Climate draws up the action plan guiding the development of the public railway infrastructure and the Government approves it for at least five years. Section 106: TTJA determines the infrastructure charge and mark-ups and collects the charges. Section 108(1)–(2): Konkurentsiamet monitors the competitive situation on the rail services market and 'on ka reguleeriv asutus Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu direktiivi 2012/34/EL tähenduses'. Section 143(1) lists six supervisory bodies; 143(3) gives Konkurentsiamet accounting separation, the licences in section 12(1) points 1–3 and complaints under section 109; 143(4)–(5) gives TTJA the upkeep of structures and rolling stock, safety management system supervision, the licences in section 12(1) points 4–5, the driver chapter, the interoperability chapter and supervision of single safety certificates and of the trackside control-command and signalling, energy and infrastructure subsystems under Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2016/798; 143(6) limits Transpordiamet to checking compliance with the requirements set for railway undertakings having regard to section 7, which applies Regulation (EU) 2021/782 on rail passenger rights (published 2026-03-01 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Riigi Teataja (State Gazette of Estonia) · Vabariigi Valitsuse seadus (Government of the Republic Act), consolidated text RT I, 07.05.2025, 9. Section 45 lists the ministries and contains no Taristuministeerium. Section 61, inserted by RT I, 30.06.2023, 1 in force 1 July 2023, puts transport — including carriage, international public transport, transit, logistics and transport infrastructure, traffic management including rail traffic, and the planning and implementation of transport systems, mobility and mobility services — in the governing area of Kliimaministeerium, and places Keskkonnaamet and Transpordiamet in that area; the transitional provision reorganised the Ministry of the Environment into the Ministry of Climate from 1 July 2023 and made the Ministry of Climate the representative of the Republic in the relationships previously held by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in that field (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) · Contract award notice 66373-2026 (notice type can-tran), 29 January 2026 — Raudtee reisijateveo rahvusvahelise avaliku teenindamise leping, buyer Kliimaministeerium, EUR 10,692,687 to AS Eesti Liinirongid for international public passenger service on the Tartu–Riga route, contract concluded 22 December 2025 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Republic of Estonia — e-Äriregister (e-Business Register) · OÜ Rail Baltic Estonia, registry code 12734109: share capital EUR 29,228,265 held in sole ownership through the holder account of Kliimaministeerium (registry code 70001231), registered 10 October 2014, Veskiposti tn 2/1, 10138 Tallinn (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Republic of Estonia — Riigihangete register · Open-data interface, contracting authorities' annual procurement plans: GET https://riigihanked.riik.ee/rhr/api/public/v1/procurement-plans/procurement-plans/opendata/xml?year=2026 — 419 plans for 2026, none of them from a rail buyer (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Statistikaamet (Statistics Estonia) · Table KVT026, railways registered in the Estonian railway traffic register, read through the PxWeb API: for 2024, length of railway 2,124 km in all, 1,494 km public and 630 km non-public; electrified running tracks 233 km, all of it public; running tracks 1,171 km of which 926 km public; 80 stations; 532 level crossings of which 182 with automatic signals (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)

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