Transport in Lithuania
This article provides an overview of the transport infrastructure of Lithuania. For transport in the Soviet Union, see Transport in the Soviet Union.
Railways
There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:
- 1,807 km are broad gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) – 122 km of which are electrified
- 169 km are narrow gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) – as of 2001
- 22 km are standard gauge of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Rail links with adjacent countries
Lithuanian road system
(2006):
total: 21,328.09 kilometres (13,252.66 mi)
paved: 12,912.22 km (8,023.28 mi)
unpaved: 8,415.87 km (5,229.38 mi)
Highways
Motorways most of route
Roads that are part of Via Baltica
Interbellum built highways
A road system
The A roads (Magistraliniai keliai) total 1,748.84 km (1,086.68 mi).
- A1 Vilnius – Kaunas – Klaipėda, 311.40 km (193.49 mi)
- A2 Vilnius – Panevėžys, 135.92 km (84.46 mi)
- A3 Vilnius – Medininkai, 33.99 km (21.12 mi)
- A4 Vilnius – Varėna – Druskininkai, 134.46 km (83.55 mi)
- A5 Kaunas – Marijampolė – Kalvarija, 97.06 km (60.31 mi)
- A6 Kaunas – Utena – Zarasai, 185.40 km (115.20 mi)
- A7 Marijampolė – Vilkaviškis – Kybartai, 42.21 km (26.23 mi)*
- A8 Panevėžys – Aristava – Sitkūnai, 87.86 km (54.59 mi)
- A9 Panevėžys – Šiauliai, 78.94 km (49.05 mi)
- A10 Panevėžys – Pasvalys – Saločiai, 66.10 km (41.07 mi)
- A11 Šiauliai – Palanga, 146.85 km (91.25 mi)
- A12 Joniškis – Šiauliai – Tauragė – Panemunė, 186.09 km (115.63 mi)
- A13 Klaipėda – Palanga, 45.15 km (28.05 mi)
- A14 Vilnius – Utena, 95.60 km (59.40 mi)
- A15 Vilnius – Šalčininkai, 49.28 km (30.62 mi)
- A16 Vilnius – Prienai – Marijampolė, 137.51 km (85.44 mi)
- A17 Panevėžys bypass, 22.28 km (13.84 mi)
- A18 Šiauliai bypass, 17.08 km (10.61 mi)
Waterways
The are 600 kilometres (370 mi) that are perennially navigable.
Pipelines
In 1992, there were 105 km (65 mi) of crude oil pipelines, and 760 km (470 mi) of natural gas pipelines.
Ports and harbors
Sea ports
River ports
Merchant marine
The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GRT or over, together totaling 279,743 GRT/304,156 metric tons 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.)
Airports
In Lithuania, there are four international airports:
- 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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