Riga–Daugavpils Railway

{{Short description|Railway line in Latvia}}

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| start = Riga Central Station

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| open = 1861

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The Riga–Daugavpils railway line ({{langx|lv|Dzelzceļa līnija Rīga—Daugavpils}}) is a {{convert|218|km|adj=on}} 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 |pages=33, 34 |publisher=Latvian Railways |language=Latvian |date=2010-06-05 |accessdate=2010-10-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409015748/http://www.ldz.lv/texts_files/Tikla_parskats_2011.pdf |archivedate=April 9, 2011 }} railway line in Latvia which connects the cities of Riga in central Latvia and Daugavpils in south-eastern Latvia.

The railway line is double track between Riga and Krustpils and single track between Krustpils and Daugavpils. The track gauge is {{Track gauge|1520mm|lk=on}} (Russian gauge). It was built in 1861, and is one the oldest railway lines in Latvia.{{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=2010-10-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819051733/http://www.railwaymuseum.lv/linijas.htm |archivedate=2010-08-19 }}{{Cite web|date=2014-03-10|title=Dzelzceļi kā cariskās Krievijas maģistrāļu noslēdzošie posmi pie Baltijas jūras 1860. – 1919.|url=https://www.ldz.lv/en/content/dzelzce%C4%BCi-k%C4%81-carisk%C4%81s-krievijas-ma%C4%A3istr%C4%81%C4%BCu-nosl%C4%93dzo%C5%A1ie-posmi-pie-baltijas-j%C5%ABras-1860-%E2%80%93-1919|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Latvijas dzelzceļš|language=en}}