Roads and Railroads

Roads.

The road web ties up Latvia with the nearest cities in Baltic region and the C.I.S. Largest magistrals are:

• «Riga - Pskov». It connects Riga with regional center in Russia - Pskov. After Pskov the road goes to St. Peterburg and further to Helsinki.
• «Riga - Tallinn» It is part of «VIA BALTICA» and connects two capitals of Baltic states Riga and Tallinn.
• «Riga - Rezekne - Moskow». Important road for transit to Moskow.
• «Riga - Daugavpils- Vitebsk - Minsk» To capital of Belorussia - Minsk.
• «Riga - Kaunus - Vilnius - Kaliningrad - Warsaw - Berlin». Highway to western Europa.
• «Riga - Ventspils» . Connects two largest cities in Latvia.
• «Riga - Liepaja - Klaipeda» . Road to the largest port of Lithuania - Klaipeda.

Total lenght of roads in Latvia is 20600 km.

The more detailed information is in Road map of Latvia.

The distance along the road (in kilometeres) between Riga and :

Railways.

In Latvia and in the nearest countries there is also a very developed railways system. The railway connects Riga with :

• St.Peterburg - one of the largest cities in Western Russia.
• Tallinn - the capital of Estonia.
• Moskow - the capital of Russia.
• Kiev - the capital of Ukrain.
• Vitebsk - industrial centre in Belorussia.
• Minsk - the capital of Belorussia.
• Brest - an importan town on the border of Belorussia and Poland.
• Vilnius - the capital of Lithuania.
• Warshaw - the capital of Poland.
• Berlin - the capital of Germany.
• Ventspils - one of the largest ports in Latvia.
• Liepaja - port in Latvia.
• Jelgava - an important industrial center in Latvia.
• Daugavpils - cultural and industrial center in Eastern Latvia.

The total lenght of railways in Latvia is 4600 km. Here is a complete map of Railways in Latvia .

The distance (in kilometres) along the railways between Riga and :

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