Baltic Railway Company
Railway lines of the Baltic Railway Company in 1911 | |
A share certificate of 125 rubles of the Baltic Railway Company from 1875 | |
Native name | Baltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (German) Общество балтийской желъзной дороги (Russian) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1868 |
| Defunct | 1907 |
| Successor | North-Western Railways |
The Baltic Railway Company (German: Baltische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft; Russian: Общество балтийской желъзной дороги) was an initially private and later state-owned railway company in the Russian Empire which existed from 1868 to 1907.
The railway company owned and operated a number of railway lines primarily in the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire. The company's main line connected the Baltic ports of Reval (now Tallinn) and Baltischport (now Paldiski) with the Russian capital Saint Petersburg as well as the Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway.[1] Today, the railway lines of the company are located in Estonia and Latvia, as well as in the Russian oblasts of Leningrad and Pskov.
See also
- History of rail transport in Estonia
- History of rail transport in Latvia
- History of rail transport in Russia
References
- ^ "Балтийская железная дорога". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. 2a. Saint Petersburg. 1891. p. 823.
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Bibliography
- Helme, Mehis (2018). Eesti raudteede 100 aastat [100 years of Estonian railways] (in Estonian). POST FACTUM. ISBN 9789949603350.
- Westwood, J. N. (1964). A History of Russian Railways. London: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0043850374.
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External links
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- Railway and Communications museum in Haapsalu in Estonia