Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway

Torņakalns–Tukums II Railway
Overview
Termini Torņakalns Station
Tukums II Station
Operation
Opened September 21, 1877[1]
Operator(s) Latvian Railways
Technical
Line length 65 km (40.39 mi)[2]
Track gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map
Legend
 to Riga
 0 Torņakalns
 to Jelgava
 Kalnciema iela
 4 Zasulauks
 5 Depo
 6 Zolitūde

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 7 Imanta
 Zolitūdes iela
 10 Babīte
14 Priedaine
  Lielupe River
 16 Lielupe
 17 Bulduri
20 Dzintari
21 Majori
 22 Dubulti
 24 Jaundubulti
 25 Pumpuri
 26 Melluži
 28 Asari
29 Vaivari
32 Sloka
37 Kūdra
41 Ķemeri
 51 Smārde
58 Milzkalne
62 Tukums I
 to Jelgava
 65 Tukums II
 to Ventspils

The Torņakalns–Tukums II Railway is a 65 kilometres (40 mi) long,[2] 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 19th century to connect Riga and Tukums.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Latvijas dzelzceļu līnijas" [Latvian railway lines] (in Latvian). Latvian Railway History Museum. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  2. 1 2 "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 38. Retrieved 2010-10-09.


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