Around 1935, Latvian
narrow-gauge railways consisted of 536 km (335 miles) of
600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge, 432 km (270 miles) of
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge, and 48 km (30 miles) of
meter gauge.[1][2]
One public, one museum, and some industrial peat railways survive.
Common carrier
Track gauges were
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge unless otherwise specified.
The peat companies mainly use
750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge, but there also exists 700 mm (2 ft 3+9⁄16 in) and 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge railways.
Peat railway based at Ozoli
Peat railway based at Seda
Peat railway based at Misa
Peat railway based at Puikule
Peat railway based at Zilaiskalns
Peat railway based at Strūžāni
Peat railway based at Līvāni
Peat railway based at Baloži
Other
There is an historic train in
Ventspils. The track gauge is 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) and the length is a 2 km circle. The locomotives are former "
Brigadelok" steam locomotives. From 1918 until the early 1960s they ran a regular service from Ventspils along the coast to
Mazirbe and further down to
Talsi and
Stende.
The Riga Pioneer Railway, 2 km long, was in existence from 1956 to 1997.