What is Latvian Railways?
'''Latvian Railway''' was started as a [[company]] on 2 September 1991. It is [[State-owned enterprise|owned by the government]]. Before that was the Latvian Railway Board (Latvian Railways) which started on 5 August 1919. [[File:Latvia_railways_frequency_of_commuter_trains_2016.svg|300px|thumb]] Railways were first built in Latvia in the 1860s. They were damaged in the first and second [[World War|world wars]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-10|title=Latvijas Republikas valsts uzņēmums “Latvijas dzelzceļi” 1919. – 1940.|url=https://www.ldz.lv/lv/node/346|access-date=2023-05-17|website=Latvijas dzelzceļš|language=lv}}</ref> In 1992 there were {{convert|2364|km}} of railway lines and 23,000 workers. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == [http://ldz.lv/ Official website] [[Category:Organizations based in Latvia]] [[Category:Rail transport in Latvia]] [[Category:State-owned enterprises]] [[Category:Railway companies]] {{-}} {{europe-stub}}