Classic route
LTG Link
Vilnius → Riga · Lithuania · Latvia
- Distance
- 360 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 13 min
- Average speed
- 85 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- LTG Link
- Train
- PESA 730ML
- Countries
- Lithuania, Latvia
- In service since
- 2023
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The first direct Vilnius–Riga train in decades, restored in 2023, reconnecting two Baltic capitals via Šiauliai and Jelgava.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 17924377 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of 889
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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