Gulbene's station

Gulbene's railway station is quite a spectacular building - it was built in 1926. Today it serves as a final stop for the narrow-gauge railway network that lasts from Gulbene to Alūksne - about 30km trip on the small train takes 1,5 hours. It's the only such train in Latvia and it's not just for tourists - locals travel on it as it serves twice-per-day trains to Alūksne. Next to the station is an old railway depot that were used for usual trains as well, but since the state has left only twice-per-week trains to Riga, the depot is not functional and mainly serves as a storage for old cars and garbage. Back in the station there's a cafe and a canteen that issues food to poor and homeless people.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus

Hard seats

It might sound unbelievable for the 21 century but in Latvia you can still find trains with hard wooden benches.
Photo by (c) Arnis Balcus

Rail crossing warning signs

Social ads were quite popular in Soviet times, but have almost disappeared from today's Latvia. However, in Belarus you can still find a lot of them. At the train station in a small town Zaslavl near Minsk I found rail crossing danger warning ads in four different designs.
Photos by (c) Arnis Balcus