Eesti Raudtee

Infobox Company
company_name = AS Eesti Raudtee
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company_type = State owned
foundation = 1992
location = flagicon|Estonia Tallinn, Estonia
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area_served = Estonia
industry = Transport
products = Freight trains
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parent = Government of Estonia
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homepage = [http://www.evr.ee www.evr.ee]
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Eesti Raudtee or EVR is the national railway company of Estonia. It owns a network of 691 km of broad gauge (1520 mm) railway throughout the country, including the 132 km used by the Elektriraudtee commuter trains around Tallinn. Eesti Raudtee operates freight trains domestically and to Russia and Latvia.

History

After the independence of Estonia, the state-owned company Eesti Raudtee was founded on January 1 1992, as the national railway company of Estonia. On August 31, 2001, 66% of the stock in the company was sold by the government to Baltic Rail Services (BRS) [cite web |url=http://www.evr.ee/?id=1313 |title=About Estonian Railways: Corporate information: History |publisher=Eesti Raudtee |accessdate=2007-07-25] , part-owned by Railroad Development Corporation. [cite web |url=http://www.rrdc.com/op_estonia_evr_past.html |title=Former RDC operating entity | accessdate=2007-09-14]

Following an election in 2003, the new government changed the rules on open access rights and capped the level of track charges, which reduced the railway's viability. [cite news | title=EVR's private interlude is over | url =http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/02/6991/evr39s_private_interlude_is_over.html | work =Railway Gazette International | date = 2007-02-01 ] The railway was bought back by the state in a transaction completed in January 2007. [cite news |url=http://www.aripaev.ee/3344/uud_uudidx_334411.html?e=mc2&leht_id=3344 |title=Raudtee tagasiost sai heakskiidu |first=Martin |last=Hanson |publisher=Äripäev |date=2006-09-15 |accessdate=2007-07-25 et icon]

Rolling stock

* 26 ChME3 shunters
* 4 2TE116 locomotives
* 56 GE C36-7i locomotives
* 19 GE C30-7Ai locomotives

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