Classic route
Vivi
Riga → Valga · Latvia · Estonia
- Distance
- 170 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 25 min
- Average speed
- 70 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- Pasažieru vilciens
- Train
- PESA 730ML
- Countries
- Latvia, Estonia
- In service since
- 1889
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Vivi’s new PESA railcars reach the twin border town of Valga/Valka, split between Estonia and Latvia, now a link in the Baltic capitals chain.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11497863 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of 876
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