Helsinki to Tartu by train
Travel from Helsinki (Finland) to Tartu (Estonia) by train (224km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Helsinki in Finland to Tartu in Estonia, you have to include a ferry on the route from Helsinki (Finland) to Tallinn (Estonia).
Your travel route could be like that.
224 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Helsinki to Tartu, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Tartu - Helsinki / Rovaniemi - Tallinn / Tampere - Tallinn / Turku - Tallinn / Espoo - Tallinn / Inari - Tallinn / Kemi - Tallinn / Kokkola - Tallinn / Oulu - Tallinn1 Helsinki (Finland) - Tallinn (Estonia) - Tartu (Estonia)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Helsinki (Finland) to Tallinn (Estonia)
Travel from Finland to Estonia and make use of the ferry on the route from Helsinki to Tallinn. You have to buy three tickets for this route.
1) From your departure railway station to Helsinki.
2) From Helsinki to Tallinn by ferry. The journey time is two to three hours. Ferry tickets are available from 15 EUR. Frequent ferry connections are available.
3) From Tallinn to your final travel destination in Estonia.
Find the exact train and ferry schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Helsinki to Tallinn?
Check times&prices 
The following links could be interesting for you.
ferry: Ferry connections that might be helpful.
Helsinki - Tallinn / Tallinn - Helsinki
train company:
TALL Tallink Silja / VIKI Viking Line / ECKO Eckerö Line / LINDA Linda Line
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Tallinn - Helsinki / Helsinki - Tartu / Tampere - Tallinn / Turku - Tallinn / Kemi - Tallinn / Lahti - Tallinn / Rovaniemi - Tallinn / Kokkola - Tallinn / Vantaa - Tallinn / Espoo - Tallinn
1b Travelling from Tallinn (Estonia) to Tartu (Estonia)
Buy your train ticket for Estonia via the given booking links. You can also purchase train tickets locally at a railway station. There are no saver ticket fares available for Estonian railways.
If no train connection is available, travel your journey by bus.
Find ticket prices and schedules via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Tallinn to Tartu?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Elron train (ELT) / Go Rail (GO)
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Tallinn - Riga / Tallinn - Saint Petersburg
ferry: Ferry connections that might be helpful.
Tallinn - Helsinki / Tallinn - Stockholm
train company:
ELR Elron / GO Go Rail / TALL Tallink Silja / VIKI Viking Line / LUX Lux Express
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Tartu - Tallinn / Tartu - Tallinn
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
Estonia Peatus
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