Zemitāni–Skulte railway

Latvian 1,520 mm track north from Riga to the Gulf coast at Skulte — what remains in service of the old Riga–Rūjiena and Riga–Tallinn route, cut at the Estonian border in 1992.

Stations

1. 0 kmSkulte
2. 3 kmZvejniekciems
3. 6 kmĶīšupe
4. 7 kmSaulkrasti
5. 11 kmPabaži
6. 13 kmInčupe
7. Show 7 more stations

   1. 19 kmLilaste
   2. 24 kmGauja
   3. 26 kmCarnikava
   4. 29 kmGarupe
   5. 32 kmGarciems
   6. 35 kmKalngale
   7. 40 kmVecdaugava
8. 43 kmZiemeļblāzma
9. 46 kmMangaļi
10. 48 kmSarkandaugava
11. 51 kmBrasa
12. 52 kmZemitāni

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11497603 — 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 2 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 6109
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Zemitāni–Skulte railway?

The Zemitāni–Skulte railway runs 52 km from Skulte to Rīga.

How long does the Zemitāni–Skulte railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 02 min for the 52 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.

Who runs the Zemitāni–Skulte railway?

Vivi.

How old is the Zemitāni–Skulte railway?

The line has been in service since 1937. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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