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词条 Narrow-gauge railways in Latvia
释义

  1. Common carrier

  2. Peat railway

  3. Other

  4. References

Around 1935, Latvian narrow-gauge railways consisted of 536 km (335 miles) of {{RailGauge|600mm|lk=on}} gauge, 432 km (270 miles) of {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}} gauge, and 48 km (30 miles) of meter gauge.[1][2]

One public, one museum, and some industrial peat railways survive.

Common carrier

Track gauges are {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}} gauge unless otherwise specified.

  • First Russian Supply Railway Company
  • Valka–Rūjiena–Mõisaküla–Pärnu, branch of the Gulbene Line
  • Liepāja–Alsunga line, 67 km, opened in 1932, extended to Kuldīga (20 km)
  • Liepāja–Rucava line, 52 km, {{RailGauge|600mm}} narrow-gauge military line, converted to {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}} narrow gauge
  • Liepāja–Aizpute railway, 48 km.
  • Livonian Supply Railway Company
    • Gulbene line, Pļaviņas–Gulbene–Alūksne–Ape–Mõniste–Valga, 202 km, opened in 1903, partially closed in stages.
  • Pāle–Staicele, 16 km, opened 1927
  • Puikule–Aloja, 12 km.
  • Riisselja–Ainaži, 76 km, closed 1975.
  • Valmiera supply railway company, {{RailGauge|600mm}} gauge, 1912:
    • Valmiera–Smiltene, 32 km, closed 1969.
    • Valmiera–Ainaži Harbour, 83 km, closed in 1979.
  • Wolmar supply railway at Valmiera.

Peat railway

The peat companies mainly use {{RailGauge|750mm|lk=on}} gauge, but there also exists {{RailGauge|700mm}} and {{RailGauge|600mm}} gauge railways.

  • Peat railway based at Dauguli
  • Peat railway based at Ozoli

Other

  • There is an historic train in Ventspils. The track gauge is {{RailGauge|600mm}} and the length is a 2 km circle. The locomotives are former "Brigadelok" steam locomotives. From 1918 until the early 1960s they ran a regular service from Ventspils along the coast to Mazirbe and further down to Talsi and Stende.
  • The Riga Pioneer Railway, 2 km long, was in existence from 1956 to 1997.

References

1. ^The state lines of Latvia
2. ^The TU2 Pages
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