Transport in Lithuania

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This article provides an overview of the transport infrastructure of Lithuania.

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Rail links with adjacent countries 2 Highways 2.1 Specific highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Sea ports 5.2 River ports 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports

[edit] Railways

There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:

• 1,807 km are broad gauge (1524 mm) – 122 km of which are electrified
• 169 km are narrow gauge (750 mm) – as of 2001
• 22 km are standard gauge (1435 mm)

[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries

• Latvia - yes
• Belarus - yes
• Poland - yes - break-of-gauge 1524 mm / 1435 mm
• Kaliningrad - yes

[edit] Highways

There is a total of 21,328.09 route km of highways (2006); 12,912.22 km are paved and the remaining 8,415.87 are unpaved.

[edit] Specific highways

• A1 highway (Lithuania) - connecting Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda
• A5 highway (Lithuania) - connecting Kaunas and Suwalki
• Samogitian Highway - old highway built in the interbellum years connecting Kaunas and Klaipėda
• Aukštaitian Highway - old highway built in the interbellum years connecting Kaunas, Kėdainiai, Panevėžys and Biržai.
• Via Baltica (E67)

[edit] Waterways

600 km perennially navigable

[edit] Pipelines

Crude oil, 105 km; Natural gas 760 km (1992).

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Sea ports

• Būtingė,
• Klaipėda,
• Šventoji

[edit] River ports

• Kaunas
• Rumšiškės
• Nida
• Juodkrantė

[edit] Merchant marine

The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GRT or over, together totaling 279,743 GRT/304,156 metric tons of deadweight (DWT).

Ships by type: Cargo 25, Combination bulk 8, Petroleum tanker 2, Railcar carrier 1, Refrigerated cargo 6, Roll on/roll off 2, Short-sea passenger 3.

note: These totals include some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 13 (2002 est.)

[edit] Airports

There are 72 airports in Lithuania (2001).

• Paved Runways : 9 in total
  • over 3,047 m: 2
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
  • under 914 m: 3

• Unpaved runways : 63 in total
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 5
  • under 914 m: 55

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