Baltic Railways

Baltic Railways AS, known as Baltic Railways, is a state owned company which runs passenger train operation in the Baltic Union, specially in the Eastern Baltic Provinces where is responsible for most passenger train operations. Cargo transport and railway maintenance are outside its scope. The company is controlled by the Baltic Union Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Baltic Railways runs a number of subsidiaries:
 * B-train, a commuter rail system that operate in some cities
 * UHS, the only operator of the Union High Speed Railway System
 * Airport Railways, the company in charge of the lines linking the most important airports

History
Following the incorporation of the Baltic republics of the union, the government inherited a number of state railway companies. Due to the urgent need to modernize and restructure the railways in the new provinces the government decided to unite all existing state-owned companies in a large company capable of taking the necessary modernization. The current company was established on 31 December 2005 in Riga as result of that decision. During the following years the company carried out an ambitious plan to modernize its rolling stock and becoming one of the best positioned companies in the national railway market.

In 2009 the high speed railway line linking Oslo with Stockholm was finished and the government decided that Baltic Railways would be the operator of the Line. At that time, Baltic Railways was the only wholly state owned railway operator in Baltic Union after the privatization of NSB and SJ. This was a turning point in the history of a company that was created with a specific mission and thus became a first-level operator.

Services
Baltic Railways operates different kind of train services:
 * BRR (Baltic Railways Regional): Stops at all stations.
 * BRC (Baltic Railways Commuter): Same as BRR, but organized as a network around the major cities, with several lines and generally more frequent service.
 * BRE (Baltic Railways Express): Its speed is considerably faster than regional trains at the same level, as it does not stop at all stations served by the regional trains.
 * BRI (Baltic Railways Intercity): BRI operates rountes from mid to long distance with stops only at major stations. BRI trains can reach velocities over 200 km/h in Standard Union Double Track.

Mid range services

 * Vilnius - Kybartai (12 stops)
 * Vilnius - Rezekne (12 stops)
 * Vilnius - Klaipeda (25 stops)
 * Vilnius - Klaipeda Express Service (4 stops)
 * Vilnius - Siaulai (13 stops)
 * Kaunas - Siaulai (11 stops)
 * Riga - Vilnius Express Service (4 stops)
 * Riga - Ventspils (12 stops)
 * Riga - Liepaja (9 stops)
 * Riga - Daugavpils (16 stops)
 * Riga - Zilupe (21 stops)
 * Riga - Gulbene (17 stops)
 * Riga - Valga (9 stops)
 * Riga - Siauliai (7 stops)
 * Riga - Tallinn Express service (5 stops)
 * Tallinn - Tartu (20 stops)
 * Tallinn - Parnu (30 stops)
 * Tallinn - Narva (24 stops)

Short range services

 * Siauliai - Klaipeda (14 stops)
 * Vilnius - Kaunas (7 stops)
 * Vilnius - Jonava - Kaunas (9 stops)
 * Vilnius - Marciukonys (7 stops)
 * Kaunas - Kybartay (7 stops)
 * Kaunas - Sestokay (8 stops)
 * Riga - Renge (16 stops)
 * Riga - Tukums (9 stops)
 * Riga - Aizkraukle (23 stops)
 * Riga - Cesis (16 stops)
 * Tartu - Orava - Valga (27 stops)
 * Tapa - Narva (14 stops)