Narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania

Lithuania has 158.8 km of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow-gauge railway lines remaining,[1] although only 68.4 km of them (serving five stations) are regularly used, employing 12 locomotives. They are included in the Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites of Lithuania.[2]

750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge railways
  • Švenčionėliai–Pastavy–Berezvetsh; 125 km opened in 1895. Most of the line was (and is now) in Belorussia. Švenčionėliai - Lyntupy stretch closed, Lyntypy - Berezvetch (Glubokoye) stretch regauged (1520 mm).
  • Švenčionėliai–Panevėžys; 145 km, opened in 1901. Švenčionėliai - Utena stretch regauded (1520 mm), Utena - Rubikiai stretch dismantled, and Rubikiai - Panevėžys stretch still working.

600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge military railways

These railways were built during World War I by the German Empire at the gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in), converted to 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge by the Lithuanian state railways, and expanded to a network of 111 km.

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 Belorussia, 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

References
  1. The TU2 Pages
  2. Siaurukas
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