{"id":511960,"date":"2026-01-24T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=511960"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T09:43:00","slug":"latvia-to-shut-down-regular-bus-routes-with-belarus-infotransby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/latvia-to-shut-down-regular-bus-routes-with-belarus-infotransby","title":{"rendered":"Latvia to Shut Down Regular Bus Routes with Belarus \u2013 @infotransby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Latvia is gradually shutting down regular bus services with Belarus, the Telegram channel Infotrans Media Belarus reports. According to the outlet, the first route \u2014 Riga\u2013Vitebsk \u2014 will cease operations as early as February 1, 2026, with other routes to be discontinued later.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes that this is not a direct ban on travel but rather a decision to stop renewing permits for regular passenger transport. Once the existing licenses expire, buses will no longer be allowed to operate on the routes.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, regular bus services from Latvia to Belarus are operated by Latlines and Dautrans. Dautrans\u2019 license for the Riga\u2013Vitebsk route expires on January 31, 2026. Latlines\u2019 permit for the Riga\u2013Minsk route is valid until February 26, 2026, while its permit for the route to Gomel, which runs via Polotsk, Vitebsk, Orsha and Mogilev, is valid until June 27, 2026, the outlet reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latvia is gradually shutting down regular bus services with Belarus, the Telegram channel Infotrans Media Belarus reports. According to the outlet, the first route \u2014 Riga\u2013Vitebsk \u2014 will cease operations as early as February 1, 2026, with other routes to be discontinued later. The report notes that this is not a direct ban on travel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":511959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/697494282e3fd.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Latvia to Shut Down Regular Bus Routes with Belarus \u2013 @infotransby"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}