Zemitāni–Skulte Railway
| Zemitāni–Skulte Railway | |||
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| Operator(s) | Latvian Railways | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1937[1] | ||
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| Line length | 52 km (32.31 mi)[1] | ||
| Track gauge | 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
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The Zemitāni–Skulte Railway is a 52 kilometres (32 mi) long,[1] 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect Riga and Rūjiena.[2] The railway was originally part of the Mangaļi–Rūjiena Railway that opened 1937. In 1981 the line became part of the Riga–Tallinn Railway, with a travel time of only five hours. The Zemitāni–Skulte Railway got its present length in 1996 due to the financial downturn following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
References
- ^ a b c "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
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