The Riga–Lugaži Railway is a 166 kilometres (103 mi) long, 1,524 mm ( 5 ft ) gauge railway in Latvia . It was built in the late 19th century (commencing in 1886) to connect the cities of Riga and Saint Petersburg via Valga and Pskov . The railway was opened in 1889.
3-583: The final station in Latvia is Lugaži (near Valka ). The railway was last used for the Riga–Saint Petersburg service in 1998, after which St Petersburg trains operated via Rēzekne . For several years there were no cross-border services, and trains terminated at Lugaži, but since 2008 a regular passenger service again operates from Riga to Valga in Estonia twice a day, with an onward connection to Tallinn via
6-743: A train in Estonia. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the Riga-Lugaži railway cut services to Valga, with trains ending in Lugaži. Service was restored in May 2020. This article about transport in Latvia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This European rail transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Luga%C5%BEi Lugaži ( Estonian : Luke , German : Luhde )
9-540: Is a village in the Valka Parish of Valka municipality in Latvia . The small community is largely a satellite town of Valka . It has a railway station, and until international services were resumed in 2008, it was the terminus of trains running on the Riga–Lugaži Railway . Since 2008, however, all trains travel on from Lugaži and cross the international border into Estonia , terminating at Valga . From Valga
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