Latvian Railway was started as a company on 2 September 1991. It is owned by the government. Before that was the Latvian Railway Board (Latvian Railways) which started on 5 August 1919.
Railways were first built in Latvia in the 1860s. They were damaged in the first and second world wars.[1]
In 1992 there were 2,364 kilometres (1,469 mi) of railway lines and 23,000 workers.