On Monday at 14:50, the first train departed from Tallinn to Tartu and Riga. The train arrives in Riga at 20:46.
Initially, only international tickets are available. Domestic tickets within Latvia will be offered soon. A ticket from Tartu to Riga costs 19–22 euros. A ticket from Tallinn to Riga costs 29–32 euros.
The train runs every day. In the morning, the train departs from Riga at 7:38. It arrives in Tartu at 11:25 and in Tallinn at 13:57.
The journey from Tartu to Riga takes 3 hours and 41 minutes. The journey from Tallinn to Riga takes 5 hours and 56 minutes.
Estonian and Latvian institutions worked together to establish the train line. The trains are two-car Stadler Flirt diesel trains.
One train per day requires about one million euros per year in state funding. The train travels to Riga in the evening and returns in the morning.