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LTG Link Šilutė–Kretinga

Šilutė → Kretinga · Lithuania

The old Tilsit–Memel line of 1875 along the edge of the Nemunas delta, joined at Klaipėda to the German military railway of 1915 up to Kretinga; trains came back to the Šilutė stretch in 2018.

Distance
72 km
Fastest time
1 h 29 min
Average speed
49 km/h

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LTG Link, Šilutė to Kretinga
Photo · Phil Richards from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmŠilutė
  2. 13 kmKukorai
  3. 20 kmVilkyčiai
  4. 28 kmPriekulė
  5. 31 kmDituva
  6. 37 kmGružeikiai
  7. 41 kmRimkai
  8. 50 kmKlaipėda
  9. 56 kmGiruliai
  10. 66 kmKretingalė
  11. 72 kmKretinga

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

  • Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18764941: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
  • Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
  • Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 504

Questions and answers

How long is the LTG Link?

The LTG Link runs 72 km from Šilutė to Kretinga.

How long does the LTG Link take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 29 min for the 72 km. That is an average of 49 km/h end to end.

Who runs the LTG Link?

LTG Link, with R 504.

How old is the LTG Link?

The line has been in service since 1915. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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