Daugavpils–Indra Railway
| Daugavpils–Indra Railway | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Owner | Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) | ||
| Termini | |||
| Service | |||
| Type | Heavy-rail | ||
| System | Latvian railways | ||
| Operator(s) | Pasažieru vilciens (Vivi) | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1866 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 76 km (47.22 mi) | ||
| Number of tracks | Single track (Daugavpils–Indra) Double track (Indra–Bigosovo) | ||
| Character | Passenger trains Freight trains | ||
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge | ||
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The Daugavpils–Indra Railway is a 76 kilometres (47 mi) long cross-border railway line in southeastern Latvia. The railway line connects the city of Daugavpils with Latvia's border with Belarus from where it continues in Belarus as the Polotsk–Bigosovo Railway to Polotsk. It is the only direct rail connection between Latvia and Belarus.
The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) gauge railway line is unelectrified and single-track, except for the section across the border between Indra and Bigosovo which is double-track. It is managed by Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), Latvia's state-owned railway infrastructure manager.
The railway line was built in the 19th century to connect Daugavpils and Polotsk as part of the Daugavpils–Vitebsk Railway.