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  1. LDz and Polish Railways agree on cooperation in transportation of coal and other freight

    On November 8, a meeting between the management of SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz- Latvian Railways) and Polish Railway (PKP – Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.) took place in Riga. During the meeting, the heads of the two companies discussed prospects for ...

    2022.11.10.

  2. LDz and Environment

    Although railway is one of the most environmentally friendly modes of transport, producing eight times less carbon emissions per ton-kilometre than other modes of transport, this sector also forms a part of the impact of human activity on the environment ...

    2022.04.08.

  3. LDz and Belorussian railway will develop a new offer of express train for a fast processing of cargo

    On 3 October, VAS (State Joint Stock Company) “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz) and Belorussian railway agreed on closer cooperation, offering their clients faster and more favourable cargo transportation between Minsk and Riga, as well as agreed to develop a ...

    2017.10.04.

  4. LDz and Azerbaijan Railways to pursue closer cooperation

    With the aim of deepening cooperation between Azerbaijani and Latvian railways, SJSC “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz) Chairman of the Board Rinalds Pļavnieks met with Azerbaijan Railways Chairman of the Board Rovshan Rustamov earlier this week. The heads of the ...

    2023.03.13.

  5. LDz and Apeirons launch Mapeirons- the first accessibility application in Latvia

    Today in Riga Central Train Station, Latvijas Dzelzceļš together with the organisation for people with disabilities and their friends and the Baby Room society launched the first mobile app for accessibility- Mapeirons.   Chairman of Apeirons Ivars ...

    2014.07.24.

  6. Latvijas Dzelzcels (Latvian Railway, LDz) president Edvins Berzins during the UIC General Assembly took part in a high-level discussion on the future railway strategy.

    The European Regional Assembly of the International Union of Railways (UIC) is held in Budapest during which “Railway Technical Strategy  Europe 2019” was presented which is a vision on development of modern railway system in Europe. A high-level ...

    2019.06.26.

  7. Latvian Railway (LDz) awarded prize at 18th CineRail corporate film festival

    Trešdiena, 10 Marts, 2010 Latvian Railway (LDz) was awarded  Golden CineRail  prize in 18th annual  CineRail  film festival held from March 2 – 9 in Paris for corporate film  Dream Express  produced jointly by Latvian Railway, Riga Railway History Museum ...

    2014.05.13.

  8. In the first half of this year LDz Cargo transported more cargos than year before

    Otrdiena, 7 Jūlijs, 2009 In six months of 2009  LDz Cargo  Ltd., subsidiary of  Latvijas dzelzceļš  has carried 1.2% more cargos than in the first half of 2008. This year  LDz Cargo  transported 28.17 million tons of freight, which is 1.2% more than in ...

    2014.05.13.

  9. IBS and LDz Congress discusses cooperation models and strategies for Baltic rail freight

    On April 10–11, the International Rail Freight Business Association (IBS) congress was held at “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (Latvian Railways), where discussions focused on new cooperation models for Baltic rail freight. The goal was to strengthen rail freight ...

    2025.04.16.

  10. Government decides on transferring the profit of LDz to ensure competition

    On 3 May 2018, government supported the decision to determine the part of profit of VAS (SJSC) “Latvijas dzelzceļš” (LDz) to be distributed in dividends for period 2018 – 2020 in the amount of 0%, retaining the profit within the company and transferring ...

    2018.05.08.