Šeštokai

Šeštokai
Town

Šeštokai Railway Station

Coat of arms
Šeštokai

Location of Šeštokai

Coordinates: 54°22′0″N 23°26′0″E / 54.36667°N 23.43333°E / 54.36667; 23.43333Coordinates: 54°22′0″N 23°26′0″E / 54.36667°N 23.43333°E / 54.36667; 23.43333
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Dzūkija
County Alytus County
Municipality Lazdijai district municipality
Eldership Šeštokai eldership
Capital of Šeštokai eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 755
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Šeštokai is a small town in southern Lithuania. It is a transshipment hub and railway junction which used to have the break-of-gauge between (1435 mm/1520 mm) before the inauguration of Rail Baltica, which has brough standard gauge all the way to Kaunas.

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