DZELZCEĻA MUZEJS

Rīga
Jelgava

Opening times

Mo	closed
Tu	10:00–17:00
We	10:00–17:00
Th	10:00–20:00
Fr	10:00–17:00
Sa	10:00–17:00
Su	closed

Entrance tickets

Adults	€ 7,00
Students, seniors	€ 3,50
Pupils, students of prof. schools	€ 1,50
Preschool children	€ 0,00
Guided tour LV (10–20 people)	€ 25,00
Guided tour foreign lang. (10–20 people)	€ 40,00
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How to get here

Uzvaras Boulevard 2A, Riga

Museum is 7 minute walk on foot from Riga Old Town across the Daugava River and next to the National Library building

Public transport stop: Nacionālā bibliotēka

Phone

+371 20032331

Opening times

! 27.11.2024 - closed

Mo	closed
Tu	closed
We	10:00–17:00
Th	11:00–19:00
Fr	10:00–17:00
Sa	10:00–17:00
Su	closed

Admission fee

Adults	€ 3,50
Students, seniors	€ 2,00
Pupils, students of prof. schools	€ 0,50
Preschool children	€ 0,00
Guided tour LV (10–20 people)	€ 25,00
Guided tour foreign lang. (10–20 people)	€ 40,00
Book excursion
More information

How to get here

Stacijas Street 3, Jelgava

Public transport: train to Jelgava Station

The museum is located next to the Jelgava Station square

Phone

+371 20032331

Interesting History Facts

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The Latvian railway network had five different track gauges: K or 1524 mm, N or 1435 mm, 1000 mm, P or 750 mm, L or 600 mm.

Railway tourism become popular in the 1930s. Tour routes included Latvia's most scenic areas. In summer, sightseeing was combined with cultural events in the cuntryside, in winter - with skiing. The merriment alredy began in the dance car. Hence the popular name for these torist trains - travelling dances.

The opening of the Rīga - Daugavpils (Dunaburg) railway line in the territory of Latvia on 12 September 1861 was the catalyst for a number of changes in the local social scene.

On 28 May 1928 the Railway Central Board received its order of the three TK series lokomotives from Germany; this markes the first step of the project drafted by Rollig Stock Division to modernise the lokomotives. By 1940 a total of 73 locomotives had been either purchased by the Railway Board or built in the main workshops of the State Railways.