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State Joint Stock Company Latvian Railway

State Joint Stock Company Latvian Railway Latvian Railway track Latvian Railway (track length, km) O ur historical link with Russia, Belarus and the rest CIS countries, based not solely on the common railway gauge width of 1520 mm but also on the longstanding economic interests and achievements

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State Joint Stock Company Latvian Railway

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  1. State Joint Stock CompanyLatvian Railway

  2. Latvian Railway track Latvian Railway (track length, km) Our historical link with Russia, Belarus and the rest CIS countries, based not solely on the common railway gauge width of 1520 mm but also on the longstanding economic interests and achievements

  3. Latvian Railway scheme narrow-gauge track centralized traffic control and automatic blocking system electrified sections • Total operational length of track – 2270 km • Operational length of electrified track – 257 km • Length of the backbone communication cable – 3212 km • Length of the optical communication cable – 764 km • The total number of employees – 13000

  4. Freight shipments on the East – West and West –East direction 2002 - 2006 (th.tons)

  5. Proportion of transit shipments by countries

  6. Shipments by type of freight (th.tons, %) 2006

  7. Container shipments

  8. Balticatransit “BALTICA – TRANSIT” AMERICA/EUROPE – CENTRAL ASIA/CHINA CONTAINER LINE

  9. Realised projects 2001-2006 • Implementation of the centralised microprocessor system at • Riga passenger and Torņakalns stations • Construction of the new railway yard in Ventspils railway junction • Extension of the reception – departure and marshalling yards’ • tracks at Liepaja railway station • Construction of 4 new passing loops • Installation of the new signalling and interlocking equipment in • Daugavpils railway station’s departure yard • Repair of railway tracks (675 km) • Replacement of turnouts (766 sets) • Construction of a fiber optic communication line (about 600 km) • A new-built reception yard at Rezekne II railway station was • put into service in the first quarter of 2006

  10. Realised projects 2001-2006 projects financed by EU ISPA (75% + 25% - Latvian Railway share) Construction of the reception yard at Rēzekne II railway station 10,2 millionEUR The total amount of investments 150 million EUR Modernisation of the automatic train control system on Latvian East-West railway corridor 89,9 million EUR Modernisation of the rolling stock hot box detection system 15,1 millionEUR Replacement of turnouts on Latvian East-West railway corridor 35,2 millionEUR

  11. Priority investment projects for the period 2007-2013 • Construction of the second track on the route Riga-Krustpils • Reconstruction of Riga railway junction • Reconstruction of Daugavpils railway junction • Repair of railway tracks (260 km) • Overall electrification of the East-West railway corridor (research, preparation of tender documentation and implementation) • Replacement of turnouts (500 sets) • Implementation of the railway mobile communication system • GSM-R on the East-West railway corridor • Modernisation of the automatic train control system • on the route Riga-Krustpils

  12. Projects expected to be co-financed from the Cohesion fund (85% + 15% - Latvian Railway share) 2007-2013 The total amount of investments 350 million EUR Mangaļi-Ziemeļblāzma Lielvārde Skrīveri Krustpils Šķirotava Construction of the second railway track on the route Riga-Krustpils 71,2 millionEUR Reconstruction of Riga railway junction 101,6 million EUR Implementation of the railway mobile communication system GSM-R 63,7 million EUR Reconstruction of the railway track on Latvian East-West railway corridor 100,2 millionEUR

  13. Equipment of customs checkpoints Customs check-points Trains’ weighing machines As the border of the Republic of Latvia is the border of the European Union, Latvian railway together with the state revenue service of the Republic of Latvia has participated in the construction of the high-performance control centers at the European Union border with Russia and Belarus Establishment of the above-mentioned centers has improved the quality if control and minimized the time of train handling -muitas kontrolpunkts -vilcienu svari

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