Rail Baltic Estonia plans rolling stock depot in Rae by end of 2028

Announced on 27 January 2026: Rail Baltic Estonia has put out to tender the design and construction of a rolling stock depot for Rail Baltica in the Soodevahe area of Rae parish (Harju county), set to become the largest depot in the Baltic region. The depot building is to have eight tracks, six of them maintenance and servicing tracks (usable length 1,380 m) able to take up to six high-speed or twelve regional trains at once, and a three-storey administration section; there will also be a train wash, a wheelset profiling track and six more outdoor servicing tracks; 150 to 200 permanent jobs are to be created, and the operator Elron will be the first user under a lease. The estimated contract value is EUR 41,331,818 excluding VAT; bids were due by 10 March 2026, the contract was to be signed at the end of April, construction is due to start at the end of 2026 and handover to Rail Baltic Estonia is set for 31 December 2028 at the latest. (LOK Report, 27 Jan 2026)