Latvian Railways

The Latvian Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) fined the members of the Latvian Railways (LDz) council by 200 euros for paying compensation to former board members.

JSC "Latvijas dzelzceļš", as the sole shareholder of JSC "LDZ CARGO", has announced an open competition for two positions of members of the Supervisory Board in the following areas: transport, logistics and customer relationship management; strategy, business development and change management.

It is planed to launch a separate public transport for the vaccinated in Latvia.The Latvian government has decided to allow carriers to organize separate public transport routes only for those with a COVID vaccination certificate.

The delegation of the Latvian railway presented in Ukraine the additional possibilities of the Baltic transport corridor, as well as the ZUBR container train.

The Latvian subsidiary LDz Cargo has announced the sale of 200 wagons due to losses: in 2020 they amounted to more than 3 million euros.

The state-owned company Latvijas dzelzcels (Latvian Railways) plans to cut 700 employees in 2021. This was reported to BNS by the representative of the State Employment Agency Inta Choderi.

Latvian Railway LDz has signed agreements with two contractors for the design and construction of 48 railway stations.As part of the BMGS - FIMA partnership, the railway company signed a contract for the design and construction of facilities on five railway lines, similar work will be carried out on the Zemitany - Skulte Zemitani - Vecani railway line.

LDz launches piggyback intermodal transportation. The national railway Latvijas Dzelzceļš has launched a piggyback intermodal transport of semi-trailers.

Riga railway station will not be closed for the Rail Baltica projectDuring the reconstruction of the tracks and Riga Central Railway Station as part of the construction of Rail Baltica, the accessibility of the most important services will be guaranteed to visitors and passengers.

The Board of LDZ Infrastruktūra found a replacement for BerzinsThe meeting of the board members of LDZ infrastruktūra (part of the structure of Latvijas dzelzceļš) appointed Teresa Labzova-Ceikane as chairman.