Zemitāni – Skulte Railway
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The Zemitāni – Skulte Railway is a 52 kilometres (32.3 mi) long, gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect Riga
and Rūjiena
. The railway was originally part of the Mangaļi – Rūjiena Railway that opened 1937. In 1981 the line became part of the Riga – Tallinn Railway, with a travel time of only five hours. The Zemitāni – Skulte Railway got its present length in 1996 due to the financial downturn following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
and Rūjiena
Rujiena
-Notable people:Arturs Alberings, Prime Minister of Latvia from 7 May 1926 to 18 December, 1926.Gustav Klutsis Constructivist Photographer and Graphic DesignerMoses Wolf Goldberg, chemist, was born here in 1905.-External links:*...
. The railway was originally part of the Mangaļi – Rūjiena Railway that opened 1937. In 1981 the line became part of the Riga – Tallinn Railway, with a travel time of only five hours. The Zemitāni – Skulte Railway got its present length in 1996 due to the financial downturn following the collapse of the Soviet Union.