Narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania

Lithuania has 158.8 km of 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 Cultural Property of Lithuania.

gauge railways

• Å venčionėliai–Pastavy–Berezvetsh; 125 km opened in 1895. Most of the line was (and is now) in Belorussia. Å venčionėliai - Lyntupy stretch closed, Lyntypy - Berezvetch (Glubokoye) stretch regauged (1520 mm).
• Å venčionėliai–Panevėžys; 145 km, opened in 1901. Å venčionėliai - Utena stretch regauged (1520 mm), Utena - Rubikiai stretch dismantled, and Rubikiai - Panevėžys stretch still working.

gauge military railways

These railways were built during World War I by the German Empire at the gauge of , converted to gauge by the Lithuanian state railways, and expanded to a network of 111 km.

• Panevėžys–JoniÅ¡kėlis; 36 km
• JoniÅ¡kėlis–Biržai; 42 km
• JoniÅ¡kėlis–Žeimelis; 37 km
• JoniÅ¡kėlis–PetraÅ¡iÅ«nai (Pakruojis)–Šiauliai; 68 km
• PetraÅ¡iÅ«nai (Pakruojis)–Linkuva; 7 km
• JoniÅ¡kis-Žeimelis; 28 km, not converted to 750 mm gauge

World War I 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) field railway from Dūkštas, (Lithuania) to Druja. After takeover by Poland, the PKP regauged the line to 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) in 1932. After World War II the large part of the line was in Belarus, the railway closed in the 1970s.

Other

• Vilnius pioneer railway, 1,6 km in the Vingis Park in Vilnius
• There are also many peat factories, which have private narrow-gauge railways for transportation of peat from field to factory.

See also

• AukÅ¡taitija narrow gauge railway

References