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The Zemitāni – Skulte Railway is a 52 kilometres (32 mi) long 1524 mm (5 ft) gauge railway built in the 20th century to connect Riga and Rūjiena. The railway was originally part of the Mangaļi – Rūjiena Railway that opened 1937. In 1981 the line became part of the Riga – Tallinn Railway with a travel time of only five hours. The Zemitāni – Skulte Railway got its present length in 1996 due to the financial downturn following the collapse of the Soviet Union.