Daugavpils–Indra Railway
| Daugavpils–Indra Railway | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Owner | Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz)[1] | ||
| Termini | |||
| Service | |||
| Type | Heavy-rail | ||
| System | Latvian railways | ||
| Operator(s) | Pasažieru vilciens (Vivi)[2] | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1866[3] | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 76 km (47.22 mi)[4] | ||
| Number of tracks | Single track (Daugavpils–Indra) Double track (Indra–Bigosovo)[5] | ||
| Character | Passenger trains Freight trains | ||
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge | ||
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The Daugavpils–Indra Railway is a 76 kilometres (47 mi) long cross-border railway line in southeastern Latvia.[4] The railway line connects the city of Daugavpils with Latvia's border with Belarus from where it continues in Belarus as the Polotsk–Bigosovo Railway to Polotsk. It is the only direct rail connection between Latvia and Belarus.
The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) gauge railway line is unelectrified and single-track, except for the section across the border between Indra and Bigosovo which is double-track.[5] It is managed by Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), Latvia's state-owned railway infrastructure manager.[1]
The railway line was built in the 19th century to connect Daugavpils and Polotsk as part of the Daugavpils–Vitebsk Railway.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Latvijas dzelzceļš". Latvijas dzelzceļš. Retrieved 11 November 2005.
- ^ "Vivi". Pasažieru vilciens. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Latvijas dzelzceļu līnijas" [Latvian railway lines] (in Latvian). Latvian Railway History Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ^ a b "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
- ^ a b "Latvijas dzelzceļš uzbūvēja otro ceļu uz Baltkrieviju" [Latvian Railways built a second track to Belarus]. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
Bibliography
- Altbergs, T.; Augustāne, K.; Pētersone, I. (2009). Dzelzceļi Latvijā [Railways in Latvia] (in Latvian). Jumava. ISBN 978-9984-38-698-0.
External links
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- (in Latvian and English) Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) – state-owned railway infrastructure manager in Latvia.