Daugavpils Station ( lv, Daugavpils Pasažieru parks) is the main

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serving the city of

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

in south -eastern

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. The station is an important

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, which is the terminus of the Riga–Daugavpils and Daugavpils–Indra

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s. Riga –

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

trains transit the station and there is a direct service to

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

. Daugavpils Satiksme provides bus and tram routes including the station.

Gallery

File:Daugavpils (stacija)3.jpg, Entrance hall File:Daugavpils railway station4 LV.JPG, View from the street (2009) File:Daugavpilsstacija1.jpg, Towards Riga File:Riga Station in Daugavpils (1).jpg, Previous station building File:St. Petersburg-Warsaw railway station in Daugavpils (2).jpg, St Petersburg–Warsaw line station

References

External links

* Daugavpils Railway stations in Latvia Railway stations in Latvia opened in 1861 Latgale {{Latvia-railstation-stub