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# Tallinn finally connects the city centre to the airport

![A Tallinn tram in the city centre. Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tram_501_at_Hobujaama_Stop_in_Tallinn_2_June_2015-1024x768.jpg)

A Tallinn tram in the city centre. Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0

By  [Sten Hankewitz](https://estonianworld.com/author/stenhankewitz/)
  ·  September 1, 2017  · [Business](https://estonianworld.com/category/business/)
 · 1 minute of reading

### After decades of talk, the city of Tallinn has finally connected the city centre to Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport via a tram link.

The public tram route number four has now been extended to serve the airport. The new extension opened on 1 September, and from October, there will also be a glass gallery to connect the terminal with the tram stop next to the airport.

[https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tallinn-tram.jpg](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tallinn-tram.jpg)

From Mondays to Saturdays, the first tram will arrive at the airport at 5:25am, and on Sundays at 5:45am. The last tram from the airport to the city centre leaves at 12:45am, allowing passengers arriving on the last flights to use public transport to reach the city centre.

The cost of the tram ticket, when bought from the driver, is a whopping €2 (in comparison, the public transit ticket in New York City costs $2.75 or €2.31). However, people registered as Tallinn residents can use the public transport for free.

The journey to the city centre takes approximately 15-17 minutes.

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Cover: A Tallinn tram in the city centre. Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0

## About The Author

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[Sten Hankewitz](https://estonianworld.com/author/stenhankewitz/)
Sten Hankewitz is a lifelong journalist and the Executive Editor at Estonian World. Having lived in Estonia, Spain, the UK and all around the US, he now resides in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He loves to write and besides working at Estonian World, he [writes books](https://estonianworld.com/culture/the-grand-illusion-estonian-worlds-sten-hankewitz-publishes-a-novel-about-growing-up-in-the-soviet-union/)
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