Jelgava–Meitene Railway

{{Short description|Railway in Latvia}}

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The Jelgava–Meitene Railway is a {{convert|33|km}} long,{{cite web|url=http://www.ldz.lv/texts_files/Tikla_parskats_2011.pdf |title=Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011 |trans-title=2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview |page=37 |publisher=Latvian Railways |language=Latvian |date=2010-06-05 |accessdate=2010-10-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409015748/http://www.ldz.lv/texts_files/Tikla_parskats_2011.pdf |archivedate=2011-04-09 }} {{Track gauge|1524mm|lk=on}} gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect Jelgava and Tilsit (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast).{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaymuseum.lv/linijas.htm |title=Latvijas dzelzceļu līnijas |trans-title=Latvian railway lines |publisher=Latvian Railway History Museum |language=Latvian |accessdate=2010-10-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819051733/http://www.railwaymuseum.lv/linijas.htm |archivedate=2010-08-19 }} Past the border with Lithuania, the line continues over Šarkiai to connect with the Vilnius–Klaipėda Railway at Šiauliai.