Grīva railway station () is a railway station by the village of Kalkūni near the city of Daugavpils in southeastern Latvia. The station is situated in the southwestern outskirts of the city on the left bank of the river Daugava.
Grīva railway station is located on the Daugavpils–Kurcums railway line between and Latvia's border with Lithuania. The station opened in 1862 together with that section of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway. Originally known as Kalkūni railway station, the station was the historical eastern terminus of the Radviliškis–Daugavpils Railway, although that line no longer passes by the station.
History Originally called Kalkūni railway station, the station opened as one of the original intermediate stations on that section of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway which opened in 1862. In 1873, the station became a railway junction at the opening of the Radviliškis–Daugavpils Railway which branched of from the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway at the station towards (today, the line no longer passes by Grīva station, but the station still has a direct track connection to it).
During the Polish–Lithuanian War, fights erupted along the railway stations and . In 1922, the station was renamed Grīva.
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Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) – state-owned company managing public railway infrastructure in Latvia. Pasažieru vilciens (Vivi) – sole passenger train operating company in Latvia.