Daugavpils–Kurcums Railway

The Daugavpils–Kurcums Railway is a 25 kilometres (16 mi) long,[2] 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 19th century to connect Daugavpils and Vilnius as part of the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway.[1]

Daugavpils–Kurcums Railway
Overview
Termini
Service
Operator(s)Latvian Railways
History
Opened1862[1]
Technical
Line length25 km (15.53 mi)[2]
Track gauge1,524 mm (5 ft)

References

  1. "Latvijas dzelzceļu līnijas" [Latvian railway lines] (in Latvian). Latvian Railway History Museum. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  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 2010-10-14.


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