ESTONIA: Tartu-based travel tech company Turnit has been selected to develop a prototype unified public transport ticketing data platform. The initiative forms part of a project to make sustainable travel options more attractive by allowing people to plan an entire multimodal journey, select suitable connections and purchase tickets from a single interface.
At present, Estonia’s trains, buses, trams, ferries, flights, micromobility and car rental services all use separate and non-interoperable systems, creating difficulties for people making journeys requiring different modes of transport.
The project forms part of the government’s MaaS X-tee initiative. A prototype is scheduled for completion in November 2026, providing a standardised data and query layer that connects different mobility services and enables unified travel requests. It will be piloted as an intermediary channel linking various transport service providers. The platform will also create opportunities for integrated tickets, shared travel rights, and joint discount products.
The long-term objective is to deliver an open and functional platform that the state and service providers can adopt freely.
‘The solution will harmonise ticket purchasing and seat reservations while enabling international service providers to integrate their systems with Estonia’s platform, potentially benefiting the tourism sector as well’, said Johann Peetre, Head of Mobility Planning at the Estonian Transport Administration.
Turnit CEO Ülo Säre said ‘we have implemented similar solutions in several countries, and we are now able to bring that knowledge and experience to Estonia. This creates a strong foundation for collaboration across the national transport system.’
