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The Riga – Lugaži Railway is a 166 kilometres (103 mi) long 1524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway in Latvia. It was built in the late 19th century (commencing in 1886) to connect the cities of Riga and Saint Petersburg via Valga and Pskov. The railway was opened in 1889.The final station in Latvia is Lugaži (near Valka). The railway was last used for the Riga–Saint Petersburg service in 1998 after which St Petersburg trains operated via Rēzekne.
