Zemitāni–Skulte Railway

Zemitāni–Skulte Railway
	Near the Inčupe Station
Overview
Termini	Zemitāni Station; Skulte Station
Operation
Opened	1937[1]
Operator(s)	Latvian Railways
Technical
Line length	52 km (32.31 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map

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

1 2 3 "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
↑ "Latvijas dzelzceļu līnijas" [Latvian railway lines] (in Latvian). Latvian Railway History Museum. Retrieved 2010-10-17.

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[ldz-1] 1 2 3 "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-17.

[2] "Latvijas dzelzceļu līnijas" [Latvian railway lines] (in Latvian). Latvian Railway History Museum. Retrieved 2010-10-17.