Transport in Latvia
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This article provides an overview of the transport infrastructure of Latvia.
Road system
It is mandatory to keep headlights on while driving, even in daylight; most cars commercially sold in Latvia are equipped to make this automatic.
Highways
| Number | E-road | Route | Length (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
 A1
|
 E67
|
border) | 101 |
 A2
|
 E77
|
Veclaicene (EE border)
|
196 |
 A3
|
 E264
|
Inčukalns - Valmiera - Valka (EE border) | 101 |
 A4
|
E67 E77
|
) | 20 |
 A5
|
E67 E77
|
Babīte )
|
40 |
 A6
|
 E22  E262
|
border) | 307 |
 A7
|
E67
|
border) | 85 |
 A8
|
E77
|
border) | 76 |
 A9
|
199 | ||
 A10
|
E22
|
Rīga - Ventspils
|
190 |
 A11
|
Liepāja - Rucava (LT border) | 57 | |
A12
|
E22 E262
|
Jēkabpils - Rēzekne - Ludza - Terehova (RU border) | 166 |
A13
|
E262
|
border) | 163 |
A14
|
E262
|
Kalkūne )
|
15 |
A15
|
E262
|
Rēzekne ring road | 7 |
Length of the road system
| Roads | Paved, km | Unpaved, km | Total, km |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-owned roads | |||
| Highways (A) | 1651.1 | - | 1651.1 |
| Regional roads (P) | 4189.9 | 1127.5 | 5317.4 |
| Local roads (V) | 2616.7 | 10533.4 | 13150.1 |
| Municipality-owned roads | |||
| Roads | 1055.6 | 29593.5 | 30649.1 |
| Streets | 4588.2 | 3446.4 | 8034.6 |
| Other roads | |||
| Forest roads | - | 10142 | 10142 |
| Private house roads | 500 | 3000 | 3500 |
| Total | 14601.5 | 57842.8 | 72444.3 |
Railways
Latvian Railways is the main state-owned railway company in Latvia. Its daughter companies both carry out passengers services as well as carry a large quantity of freight cargo, and freight trains operate over the whole current passenger network, and a number of lines currently closed to passenger services.
There is also a
total:
2,347 km
Passenger Train
Pasažieru vilciens (trade name Vivi Latvija) is a daughter company of Latvian Railways and the only passenger-carrying company in Latvia.
Domestic passenger lines with current service are:
- Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway
- Riga – Jelgava Railway
- Jelgava – Liepāja Railway
- Riga – Daugavpils Railway
- (border of Russia)
- Rīga – Sigulda – Cēsis – Valmiera – Valga (border of Estonia)
- Zemitāni – Skulte Railway
- Pļaviņas – Gulbene
Rail links with adjacent countries
- Russia- yes
- Lithuania- yes
- Belarus- yes
- Estonia- yes
Airports
In the recent years airBaltic also operated from Liepāja International Airport as well as Ventspils International Airport but operations in both of these airports were ceased until 2017, when airBaltic relaunched flights from Riga to Liepaja.
Currently there are plans for further development in several regional airports, including Jūrmala Airport, Liepāja, Ventspils as well as Daugavpils International Airport.
Airfields
As of 2003, there were a total of 51 airfields in Latvia, with 27 of them having paved runways.
Airports - with paved runways
total:
27
2,438 to 3,047 m:
7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
2
under 914 m:
16 (2003)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
24
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,523 to 2,438 m:
2
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
20 (2003)
Ports and harbors
Key ports are located in
Waterways
300 km (perennially navigable)
Pipelines
Merchant marine
total:
11 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over) totaling 53,153 GT/37,414 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
note:
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Greece 1, Ukraine 1 (2002 est.)
ships by type:
References
External links
- History of railroad construction in Latvia
- Ministry of Transport of Republic of Latvia
- Transport in Latvia
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