31.12.2023 | Estonia
Public transport will run after midnight this New Year in Tallinn
Text Mark Taylor
Photo Andrei Chertkov

As a result of New Year’s celebrations, additional services will run on key bus, tram, and trolleybus routes in Tallinn until 3 am. Some services will also be slightly rerouted as a result of the festivities.
The services that will run past midnight will be tram number 2, trolleybus lines 1 and 3, as well as busses 1, 5, 8, 18, 40, 42, 60, and 73.
Trams on line 2 between Kopli and Suur-Paala will run at 20-minute intervals from 00:40, until 3 am. Trolleybus line 1 will run every 30 minutes from 00:45, until 2:45 am. And trolleybus line 3 will run every 30 minutes from 00:30 until 3 am.
For full information on the schedules of the above mentioned bus services please visit the official Tallinn Transport schedule website here.
As well as additional services after midnight, some services will be slightly rerouted as a result of the celebrations at Freedom Square, these include Trolleybus routes 1 and 3, along with bus routes 2, 3, 16, 21, 21B, 23, 24, 35, 40, 41, 41B, 42. Additionally, tram lines 3, 4, and 5 will be suspended from 11 pm on New Year’s Eve.
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