This means trams do not follow a regular schedule, Tallinn Transport (TLT) said, adding other public transport services' schedules may also be disrupted due to the challenging weather conditions.

TLT asks passengers to take this into account when using public transport for the rest of Thursday.

On Thursday afternoon, Andrei Novikov, a Tallinn City Transport board member, told ERR that disruptions could be expected until 6 p.m.

At 5 p.m., trams in the capital were still at a standstill. At 5:30 p.m., there was some movement in Põhja-Tallinn, with one tram able to start moving towards the city.

At 6 p.m., Novikov told ERR that the situation had largely returned to normal.

ERR photographer Siim Lõvi also said an older tram had taken a new tram and was pulling it towards Kopli.

While Thursday morning brought snow to the capital, rising temperatures saw this change to freezing rain, which can render sidewalks and other surfaces extremely slippery and dangerous, and much faster than city maintenance or property owners can apply grit. Winds have been strong also.

This means care should be taken when out and about on foot and in the car too, the city government said.

On Wednesday, five people required hospitalization after a Tallinn tram rear-ended another tram which had braked hard, at the Lubja stop.

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