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Heads of the Baltic railway companies held a meeting in Riga on September 4. During the meeting, SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz) Chairman of the Board Rinalds Pļavnieks, Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) Chairman of the Board Kaido Zimmermann and ...

2023.09.06.

55.6 million tons of freight were transported on Latvian Railway infrastructure in 2015. The volume of freight in 2015 decreased slightly by 2.4% compared to year 2014 when the volume of freight reached 57 million tons. The fall is small against the ...

2016.01.19.

On 4 February, State JSC Latvijas dzelzceļš opened the second rail track in section Skrīveri-Krustpils within the largest project to date, worth more than 100 million euros, which will enable a considerable increase in throughput capacity, traffic speed ...

2015.02.17.

LDz Chairman of the Board Rinalds Pļavnieks: “Symbiosis of LDz and Latvian ports opens up good opportunities to attract cargo from Central Asian countries” Last week, Chairman of the Board of SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” Rinalds Pļavnieks was part of a ...

2023.06.01.

Last week, the 72nd General Assembly of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) was held in Gdansk, Poland, where various matters important to the industry were discussed, including the possibility of attracting investment for ...

2023.09.26.

Last week in Munich (Germany), one of the sector’s most important events – international fair “Transport Logistics” – was held where Latvia was represented among more than 2,000 stands from 67 countries – the largest companies of the Latvian transit ...

2023.05.17.

During his recent visit to Kazakhstan, SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz) Chairman of the Board Māris Kleinbergs met with Nurlan Sauranbayev, Chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Railways. Noting the railway connection’s great potential, the heads of the two ...

2022.09.27.

Along with promoting efficiency of operations, one of the most important priorities of "Latvijas dzelzceļš" concern in the past year has been diversification of the target markets and cargo segments, as well as increase of cargo transportation ...

2023.01.11.

Continuing the development of business activities in Estonia, LDZ CARGO, a subsidiary of SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš”, has opened a branch in the neighboring country – LDZ CARGO was added to the Commercial Registry of the Republic of Estonia on June 19 this ...

2023.06.30.

This January marks one year since LDZ CARGO Ltd. has been operating in the Estonian rail freight market. The company won several public tenders in Estonia at the end of last year, which will help it significantly increase its domestic freight transport ...

2024.01.17.