Latvian Railways - Domestic Routes

Domestic Routes

The passenger lines with current service are:

• Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway1
• Riga – Jelgava Railway2
• Jelgava – Liepāja Railway
• Riga – Daugavpils Railway3
• Krustpils – Rēzekne – Zilupe (border of Russia)
  • Two diesel trains a day from Riga continue past Krustpils on this diesel train line in Latvia's central and eastern countryside, as well as the daily service from Riga to Moscow.
• Rīga – Sigulda – Cēsis – Valmiera – Valga (border of Estonia)4
  • Leaving the Riga central station, this branch includes neighborhood stations Zemitāni, Čiekurkalns, and Jugla. During Soviet times, electric trains went up to Sigulda but the service is now diesel. Sigulda has around 11 trains a day, Cēsis 6, Valmiera 4, and 3 trains a day continue the full length of the line to serve the Latvian / Estonian border towns of Valka and Valga through a joint station in Valga.
• Zemitāni – Skulte Railway5
• Pļaviņas – Gulbene
  • This branch line from Pļaviņas (between Aizkraukle and Krustpils on the Riga – Daugavpils line) is served by two diesel trains a week from Riga. The trains arrive from Riga late on Friday and Sunday nights, leaving to return to Riga at 4am on Saturday and Monday mornings. An additional Saturday daytime service was suspended in 2012.

Lines where passenger services have been suspended in recent years include:

• Rīga - Reņģe (Border of Lithuania)
• Rīga – Ērgļi
• Jelgava – Meitene (Border of Lithuania)
• Jelgava – Krustpils
• Kārsava (Border of Russia) – Rēzekne – Daugavpils – Zemgale (Border of Lithuania)
• Eglaine (Border of Lithuania)- Daugavpils – Indra (Border of Russia)

1 Electrified to Tukums 2 Electrified to Jelgava 3 Electrified to Aizkraukle 4 Electrified to Jugla, no electric trains go on the line. 5 Whole line is electrified