Enthusiast's Guide to Travelling the Railways of Europe

LITHUANIA (Lietuva)

Lines with obscure or sparse passenger services

This list is based on the timetable current from 10 October 2000 to 1 June 2001, unless otherwise shown. Standard abbreviations used are explained in the General Information document.

Last update for this page: 22 March 2003.

Obscure services:

There are no "obscure" services, as normally defined.

Deletions since previous edition

The following lines are no longer included for the reasons shown:

LT99/1

Švenèionėliai – Utena: service withdrawn

LT99/2

Jonaitiškai – Kutiškiai: service withdrawn

LT99/3

Mankiškai – Taurage (via Jonaitiškai): service withdrawn

LT99/4

Anykšèiai – Rubikiai: only used by chartered trains (three in 2000)

Other sparse services

Only the Gudogaj (Belarus) - Šumskas - Naujoji Vilnia - Vilnius - Kaunas - Radviliškis - Siauliai - Klaipėda axis, also Kaunas - Nesterov [- Kaliningrad], [Vilnius -] Lentvaris - Traki and [Vilnius -] Zvirinas - Porechye (Belarus) - Druskininkai, have non-sparse service. All the remaining lines with passenger service (listed below) have fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday. Some services are only available for international journeys.

bullet Pabradė - Didžiasalis
bullet [Radviliškis -] Linkaiciai - Obeliai - Šapeliai
bullet Gaižiūnai - Livintai - Kaišiadorys
bullet [Siauliai -] Kuziai - Mazeikiai
bullet Kazlu-Rūda - Šeštokai - Trakiszki [- Suwałki] (Polska : Poland) {standard gauge beyond Šeštokai }
bullet Vilnius - Benyakone (Belarus)
bullet [Vilnius -] Naujoji Vilnia - Pabradė - Kurcukms [- Daugavpils] (Latvija : Latvia)
bullet Šiauliai - Meitene [- Jelgava] (Latvija : Latvia)

Corridor trains

Two routes formerly carried LG services running between one part of the country and another. These are beleived to haev ceased in 2001 but are included here for historical reference:

bullet Gelednė - Adutiškis via Lyntupy (Belarus): formerly used by trains between Vilnius, Pabradė and Didžiasalis.
bullet Senove - Druskininkai via Porechye (Belarus): formerly used by trains between Vilnius and Druskininkai.

Last complete update 30 December 2000; subsequent amendments to line entries: Corridor trains note added (16 January 2001); "Other sparse services" Panevėžys - Anykščiai note updated, reference to boxed note removed from first Corridor Train service (25 February 2001); "Other sparse services" Panevėžys - Anykščiai deleted (20 March 2001); Corridor Trains updated (22 March 2003).

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