Train routes in Lithuania
9 routes · classic 7 · night train 1 · heritage 1
9 routes cross Lithuania in the World Train Map atlas. The longest is the Yantar at 1,285 km; the fastest is the LTG Link, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line dates to 1862. Every route links to its facts, photo and story, and to the interactive world map.
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Classic (7)
- LTG Link
Hourly express between Lithuania’s two largest cities along a segment of the old St Petersburg–Warsaw Railway.
Wikipedia ↗ - LTG Link
LTG Link’s longest domestic haul, crossing Samogitia to Klaipėda, Lithuania’s only seaport on the Baltic.
Wikipedia ↗ - LTG Link
The first direct Vilnius–Riga train in decades, restored in 2023, reconnecting two Baltic capitals via Šiauliai and Jelgava.
Wikipedia ↗ - LTG Link
For years the Baltics’ only rail gateway to the rest of Europe. Vilnius to Warsaw through the Suwałki Gap, changing trains at Mockava.
Wikipedia ↗ - Vilnius–Turmantas railway
Part of the 1862 Saint Petersburg–Warsaw railway, running north from Vilnius past Ignalina's lakes to the Latvian border at Turmantas.
Wikipedia ↗ - Vilnius–Marcinkonys railway
Another surviving arm of the Warsaw–Saint Petersburg railway, single track down through the Dzūkija pine forests to Marcinkonys.
Wikipedia ↗ - LTG Link
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.
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Night train (1)
- Yantar
Running since 1964, the Yantar threads Moscow to Russia’s Baltic exclave via Minsk and Vilnius, the last corridor where Russian passenger trains still cross the EU.
Wikipedia (RU) ↗
Heritage (1)
- Aukštaitija Narrow Gauge Railway (Siaurukas)
Weekend survivor of a 750 mm network that once ran 68 km to Panevėžys, now trundling summer tourists out to Rubikiai lake.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons; each route page credits the author & licence
What is the fastest train in Lithuania?
The LTG Link, running Vilnius to Kaunas at up to 160 km/h. It is one of 9 routes in Lithuania in this atlas.
Are there night trains in Lithuania?
Yes, 1 sleeper service in this atlas serves Lithuania: Yantar (Moscow – Kaliningrad).
Can you cross the border by train from Lithuania?
Yes, 3 of its 9 routes continue into another country: LTG Link (Vilnius – Riga), LTG Link (Vilnius – Warsaw), Yantar (Moscow – Kaliningrad).
Which is the most scenic railway in Lithuania?
No line in Lithuania is classed scenic or mountain in this atlas; its 9 routes are everyday services rather than journeys taken for the view.
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Train routes in Belarus 4 routes
Train routes in Latvia 9 routes
Train routes in Poland 58 routes
Train routes in Russia 16 routes