Rail transport in Lithuania

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A TEM2 diesel locomotive of Lithuanian Railways at Kėdainiai

Rail transport in Lithuania is operated by state own company Lithuanian Railways (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Geležinkeliai).

Currently the main railroad network in Lithuania is broad gauge (1520 mm).

There are also few standard gauge lines and 158.8 km of 750 mm narrow gauge railway lines remaining, although only 68.4 km of them (serving five stations) are regularly used, employing 12 locomotives. They are included in the Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites of Lithuania.

[edit] History

The first railroad in Lithuania was built in 1861. It was a part of Saint-Petersburg-Warsaw railroad, and the line lasted from Kaunas to Virbalis

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