Transport in Latvia
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[edit] Railways
total: 2,347 km
broad gauge: 2,314 km 1.520 m gauge (270 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 33 km 0.750 m gauge (2002)
[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries
[edit] See also
[edit] Highways
It is mandatory to keep headlights on while driving, even in daylight; most cars commercially sold in Latvia are equipped to make this automatic.
total: 73,202 km
paved: 28,256 km
unpaved: 44,946 km (2000)
[edit] Waterways
300 km (perennially navigable)
[edit] Pipelines
crude oil 412 km; refined products 421 km; natural gas 1,097 km (2003)
[edit] Ports and harbors
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 11 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 53,153 GRT/37,414 metric tons of 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: cargo ship 6, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off ship 1, short-sea/passenger 1
[edit] Airports
51 (2003)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Major airports
[edit] External links
- History of railroad construction in Latvia
- Ministry of Transport of Republic of Latvia
- Transport in Latvia
