Glūda–Reņģe Railway
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The Glūda–Reņģe Railway is a long, gauge
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
built in the 19th century to connect
Jelgava Jelgava () is a state city in central Latvia. It is located about southwest of Riga. It is the largest town in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Jelgava was the capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795) and was the ad ...
and
Mažeikiai Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; ; ) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 32,000, making it the eighth largest city in Lithuania and eighteenth largest city in the Baltic States. Th ...
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Railway lines in Latvia Railway lines opened in 1873 19th-century establishments in Latvia 5 ft gauge railways in Latvia 1873 establishments in the Russian Empire {{Europe-rail-transport-stub