Skulte Station

Skulte
Skulte Station in 2016
General information
LocationStacija Skulte, Skulte
Skulte parish, Limbaži Municipality
Latvia
Coordinates57°20′0.2″N 24°27′46.8″E / 57.333389°N 24.463000°E / 57.333389; 24.463000
SystemTerminal station
LineZemitāni–Skulte Railway
Platforms1
Tracks2
History
Opened1934
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station LDz Following station
Zvejniekciems
towards Riga
Riga–Skulte Railway Terminus
Location
Map

Skulte Station is a railway station serving the village of Skulte in Skulte Parish, Latvia. The station is the northern terminus of the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway.[1]

The Skulte platform was opened on 1 October 1934[2] on the Riga-Rujiena line. The passenger building was built in 1952.

In 1991, in connection with the opening of the Skulte port on the shore of the Gulf of Riga, the platform was rebuilt into a station, with a branch from the northern neck to a loading and unloading area, where the arriving cargo is reloaded onto road transport for subsequent delivery to the port.

In the same year, the Zvejniekciems - Skulte section was electrified, and the station, as the final point of the route, was equipped for the turnover of electric trains.

References

  1. ^ "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  2. ^ Tom Altbergs, Karina Augustane, Ieva Petersone . Latvian Railways. — Jumava, 2009. Page 186. ISBN 978-9984-38-698-0