Around 1935, Latvian narrow-gauge railways consisted of 536 km (335 miles) of gauge, 432 km (270 miles) of gauge, and 48 km (30 miles) of meter gauge.
One public, one museum, and some industrial peat railways survive.
Common carrier
Track gauges were gauge unless otherwise specified.
- First Russian Supply Railway Company
- ValkaâÂÂRÃ
«jienaâÂÂMõisakülaâÂÂPärnu, branch of the Gulbene Line
- LiepÃÂjaâÂÂAlsunga line, , opened in 1932, extended to Kuldëga ()
- LiepÃÂjaâÂÂRucava line, , narrow-gauge military line, converted to narrow gauge
- LiepÃÂjaâÂÂAizpute railway, 48 km.
- Livonian Supply Railway Company
- Gulbene line, PüaviÃ
ÂasâÂÂGulbeneâÂÂAlÃ
«ksneâÂÂApeâÂÂMõnisteâÂÂValga, , opened in 1903, partially closed in stages.
- PÃÂleâÂÂStaicele, , opened 1927
- PuikuleâÂÂAloja, .
- RiisseljaâÂÂAinaÃ
¾i, , closed 1975.
- Valmiera supply railway company, gauge, 1912:
- ValmieraâÂÂSmiltene, , closed 1969.
- ValmieraâÂÂAinaÃ
¾i Harbour, , closed in 1979.
Peat railway
The peat companies mainly use gauge, but there also exists and gauge railways.
- Peat railway based at Ozoli
- Peat railway based at Seda
- Peat railway based at Misa
- Peat railway based at Puikule
- Peat railway based at Zilaiskalns
- Peat railway based at StrÃ
«Ã
¾ÃÂni
- Peat railway based at LëvÃÂni
- Peat railway based at BaloÃ
¾i
Other
- There is an historic train in Ventspils. The track gauge is and the length is a circle. The locomotives are former "Brigadelok" steam locomotives. From 1918 until the early 1960s they ran a regular service from Ventspils along the coast to Mazirbe and further down to Talsi and Stende.
- The Riga Pioneer Railway, long, was in existence from 1956 to 1997.
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