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Jelgava–Meitene Railway

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Opened
  
1915

Track gauge
  
1,524 mm (5 ft)

Termini
  
Jelgava Station

Line length
  
33 km (20.51 mi)

Operator
  
Latvian Railways

The Jelgava–Meitene Railway is a 33 kilometres (21 mi) long, 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect Jelgava and Tilsit (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast). Past the border with Lithuania, the line continues over Šarkiai to connect with the Vilnius–Klaipėda Railway at Šiauliai.

References

Jelgava–Meitene Railway Wikipedia