Jelgava–Liepāja Railway

Jelgava–Liepāja Railway
Construction in the Sieksāte–Rudbārži section of the Liepāja–Glūda railway, 1927
Overview
Termini	Jelgava Station Liepāja Station
Service
Operator(s)	Latvian Railways
History
Opened	1929[1]
Technical
Line length	180 km (111.85 mi)[2]
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map km Riga–Jelgava Railway to Riga 0 Jelgava Tukums II – Jelgava Railway to Tukums II Jelgava–Meitene Railway to Meitene 9 Viesturi 13 Dorupe 16 Glūda Glūda–Reņģe Railway to Reņģe 21 Lāči 29 Dobele 36 Gardene 42 Bērzupe 50 Biksti 58 Josta 69 Blīdene 77 Brocēni 83 Saldus 90 Lutriņi 94 Lašupe 101 Airīte Venta River 111 Skrunda 117 Sieksāte 125 Rudbārži 134 Kalvene 145 Ilmāja 151 Padone 154 Durbe 157 Tadaiķi 164 Tore Liepāja–Priekule Railway to Priekule to Ventspils 180 Liepāja km This diagram: view talk edit

The Jelgava–Liepāja Railway is a 180 kilometres (110 mi) long,[2] 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect the cities Jelgava and Liepāja, Latvia.[1]

References

1. "Railway lines in Latvia". Latvian Railway History Museum. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
2. "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-10-09.