Valga – Pechory railway line

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Valga-Pechory
Valga train station on the border with Latvia
Valga train station on the border with Latvia
Line of the Valga – Pechory railway line
Route length: 96.5 km
Gauge : 1520 mm ( Russian gauge )
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Riga
border
 State border between Latvia and Estonia
Station, station
 0.0 Valga
   
 to Tartu
   
 7.1 Ratsimäe
   
 11.4 Mürgi
   
 15.6 Karula
   
 20.4 Tuulemäe
   
 24.9 Anne
   
 29.4 Antsla
   
 35.6 Vaabina
   
 39.4 Kururme
   
 45.9 Sõmerpalu
   
 54.0 Vagula
   
 59.1 Võru
   
 65.6 Nõnova
   
 68.2 Hussari
   
 73.2 Otsa
   
 77.1 Lepassaars
   
 82.4 Tuderna
Station, station
 86.2 Piusa
   
 89.9 Veski
   
 from Tartu
Station, station
 Koidula
border
 State border Estonia - Russia
Station, station
 96.2 Pechory / Petseri (Печоры)
   
 106.4 Liivamäe
   
 113.1 Vilo
Station, station
 115.8 Irboska
   
 118.4 State border Estonia - Russia until 1939
   
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the right, from the right
 according to Rēzekne
Station, station
 Pskov (Псков)
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the left, from the left
 to Saint Petersburg
Route - straight ahead
 to Moscow
Swell:

The Valga – Pechory railway is an Estonian - Russian railway . It has the Russian track width of 1520 mm, has a length of 96.5 km and is not electrified. The route is owned and operated by Eesti Raudtee and Russian Railways .

history

The line was built as part of the Riga - Pskov railway between 1886 and 1889 and opened on July 22, 1889. From 1907 the trains from Saint Petersburg to Warsaw and until 1998 the trains from Riga to Saint Petersburg ran on this route. Today these trains run directly to Russia via Rēzekne, Latvia . Passenger traffic was discontinued in 2001.

Operation today

Today only freight trains run on the route. There is passenger transport in Valga and Piusa. One of the two pairs of trains between Tartu and Koidula (see Tartu – Pechory line ) has been extended to Piusa since the timetable change in May 2014. (As of August 2014)

gallery

  • Valga

  • Valga

  • Võru

  • Piusa

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of Central European Railway Administrations (ed.): Station directory of the European railways . (formerly Dr. KOCH's station directory). 52nd edition. Barthol & Co., Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1939.