Opened 1937 Track gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft) 2 Brasa Operator Latvian Railways | Line length 52 km (32.31 mi) 0 Zemitāni 3 Sarkandaugava | |
Terminis Skulte Station, Zemitāni Station | ||
The Zemitāni–Skulte Railway is a 52 kilometres (32 mi) long, 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect Riga and Rūjiena. 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.
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