Latvian Railways

Latvian Railways logo.

Latvian Railways (Latvian: Latvijas dzelzceļš or LDz) is the main state-owned railway company in Latvia with more than 12,400 employees. It owns 1,933.8 kilometres (1,201.6 mi) of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge railway lines and 33.4 kilometres (20.8 mi) of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge railway lines in Latvia.[1]

It has 6 daughter companies:

Domestic routes

Passenger services are operated by Pasažieru vilciens. The passenger lines with current service are:

Lines where passenger services have been suspended in recent years include:

1 Electrified to Tukums 2 Electrified to Jelgava 3 Electrified to Aizkraukle 4 Electrified to Jugla, no electric trains go on the line. 5 Whole line is electrified

International routes

There are rail links with Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Estonia.

Freight services

Latvian railways carry a large quantity of freight cargo, and freight trains operate over the whole current passenger network, and a number of lines currently closed to passenger services.

Other services

There is a narrow gauge railway between Gulbene and Aluksne, operated by the Industrial Heritage Trust, using Russian and Polish built heritage rolling stock. Three narrow gauge trains a day operate on the 33 km route between the two towns. Until 2012 a regular Saturday service train operated from Riga to Gulbene in the morning, returning in the late afternoon, and offering guaranteed connections with the narrow gauge trains; the service has been suspended on the grounds of insufficient passenger numbers.

Rolling stock

A RVR train in Riga.

Diesel locos

Freight

Passenger

Shunt

EMUs

DMUs

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Network Statement 2007" (PDF). Latvijas dzelzceļš. 15 June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links

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