Last update for this page: 31 July 2009.
National Railway System: Lietuvos Geležinkeliai
Language: Lithuanian.
Currency: Litas (Lt); 100 centas = 1 Lt
UIC code: numeric 24; alpha LT
Timetable:
| Journey Planner: | www.litrail.lt and click on 'Passenger transportation' |
| Downloadable Timetable: | None. |
| Printed Timetable: | None. |
| Engineering Information: | None. |
Gauge: "Russian" gauge (1520mm) except the Panevėžys - Rubikiai line (750mm, partly tourist traffic)
Electrification: 25kV 50 Hz
Rule of the road: Most lines are single track, but on double track sections right hand running applies.
Other Railways: none.
Tourist lines: none
Metro: none.
Trams: none
Recent and Future Changes:
Since late 1998 the following lines have lost their passenger service:
Regular services over the Panevėžys - Anykščiai narrow gauge line ceased from 25 March 2001.
Through Vilnius - Druskininkai LG trains and the Vilnius - Warszawa overnight service, both via Parėččė (Belarus), ceased in 2001, resulting in withdrawal of all trains south of Marcinkonys.
Services between Stasylos and Benjakonī (Belarus) ceased on 19 September 2008 when the summer-only Vilnius - Simferopol’ train pair stopped running.
The Palemonas - Gaižiūnai passenger service was withdrawn on 22 March 2009.
Special notes: There are no known "runabout"-type tickets, but fares are cheap.
Map: The Quail Map Co. publishes a Latvia & Lithuania with Russia (Kaliningrad Region) Railway Map)
Last complete update 17 July 2009. Subsequent alterations: none.
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