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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
This list is based on the timetable as at 12 December 2022. Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].
This list is based on the timetable valid from 10 December 2023. {{Standard Abbreviations}}


Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA" refer to the European Railway Atlas Baltic States, Belarus & Ukraine, Regional Series 2017, by M.G.Ball.
{{Map Refs ERA-E}} {{Map Refs ERA-R-3}}


==Obscure services==
==Obscure services==
===Radviliškis===
===Radviliškis===
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT23/1  
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT24/1  


Radviliškis station lies between two marshalling yards, one to the NW and another, larger yard to the SE. Trains from Šiauliai run on the south side of both yards whereas those from the Vilnius direction run on the north side of the yards. The maximum separation of these running lines in the larger yard is over 300 m.
Radviliškis station lies between two marshalling yards, one to the NW and another, larger yard to the SE. Trains from Šiauliai run on the south side of both yards whereas those from the Vilnius direction run on the north side of the yards. The maximum separation of these running lines in the larger yard is over 300 m.
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{|  class="osstable3"
{|  class="osstable3"
|  
|  
| Marijampolė – Trakiszki (Poland) (– Suwałki)
| Marijampolė – Mockava (broad gauge); Mockava - Trakiszki (Poland) (– Suwałki) (standard gauge)
| Fridays: one train northbound; Saturdays: two trains each way; Sundays: one train southbound.
| One train a day each way with a transfer in Mockava, but advertised as a through Krakow <> Vilnius train on some journey planners.
|-
|-
|  
|  
| (Vilnius -) Turmantas - Daugavpils (Latvia)
| (Kaunas –) Palemonas – Jonava (– Šiauliai)  
| Weekends only but suspended as at December 2021.
| Either one or two trains a day each way, depending on the day of the week
|-
|-  
|  
|  
| (Kaunas –) Palemonas – Jonava (– Šiauliai)  
| Šiauliai - Šarkiai (- Meitene LDz - Jelgava)
| One train a day each way
| One return Vilnius - Riga train a day.
|}
|}


==Deletions since previous edition==
==Deletions since previous edition==
{|  class="dpetable3"
{|  class="dpetable3"
| LT22/1
|  
| Kaunas avoiding line: Palemonas (Pamaris) – Garliava (Jiesia)
| None
| This line is used only by Russian trains in transit to and from Kaliningrad-Passazerskiy. They have no public stops in Lithuania and there is no likelihood in the foreseeable future that European citizens would be allowed to travel on them or be safe to do so.
|  
|-
| LT22/3
| Šiauliai — Šarkiai — Meitene (Latvia)
| The Ukrainian Railways seasonal train between Kiev/Kyiv and Riga has not run since 15 March 2020. Owing to the war in Ukraine it is highly unlikely that it will run in the foreseeable future
|}
|}



Latest revision as of 16:04, 18 February 2024

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable valid from 10 December 2023. Standard abbreviations are explained here.

Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA-E" refer to the European Railway Atlas (All-Europe Edition) by M.G. Ball. References prefixed "ERA-R" refer to the European Railway Atlas (Regional Series: Book 3) by M.G. Ball.

Obscure services

Radviliškis

(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT24/1

Radviliškis station lies between two marshalling yards, one to the NW and another, larger yard to the SE. Trains from Šiauliai run on the south side of both yards whereas those from the Vilnius direction run on the north side of the yards. The maximum separation of these running lines in the larger yard is over 300 m.

Other sparse services

The following lines have fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week, or do not run each weekday.

Marijampolė – Mockava (broad gauge); Mockava - Trakiszki (Poland) (– Suwałki) (standard gauge) One train a day each way with a transfer in Mockava, but advertised as a through Krakow <> Vilnius train on some journey planners.
(Kaunas –) Palemonas – Jonava (– Šiauliai) Either one or two trains a day each way, depending on the day of the week
Šiauliai - Šarkiai (- Meitene LDz - Jelgava) One return Vilnius - Riga train a day.

Deletions since previous edition

None

See also