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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
This list is based on the timetable current as at December 2015. Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].
This list is based on the timetable valid from 13 December 2020. Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].
 
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.


==Obscure services==
==Obscure services==
===Kaunas avoiding line: Palemonas (Pamaris) – Garliava (Jiesia)===
===Kaunas avoiding line: Palemonas (Pamaris) – Garliava (Jiesia)===
(ERA1 115B3) LT16/1  
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254B1) LT21/1  


Used by all services between Vilnius and Kaliningrad-Pass.
Used by all services between Vilnius and Kaliningrad-Passazerskiy. Note that Russian trains in transit to and from Kaliningrad are not making any public stops in Lithuania as at December 2020.


===Radviliškis===
===Radviliškis===
(ERA1 115A3) LT16/2  
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT21/2  


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.
===Šiauliai — Šarkiai — Meitene (Latvia) — Jelgava===
(ERA-E 115A3; ERA-R 253B1-C1) LT21/3
Ukrainian Railways operates a seasonal train between Kiev/Kyiv and Riga. '''This train is currently suspended.'''
{|  class="ostable"
| D1
| ''31''
| Kiev/Kyiv - 05:51 Šiauliai - Riga Pass
|-
| D2
| ''32''
| 19:40 Riga Pass - Kiev/Kyiv 
|}
D1: Runs every 4 days. See [https://travel.ldz.lv/en/marsrutu-karte the Latvia International Timetable page] to determine which dates the train runs. Note that the train is '''one day later''' from Šiauliai.
D2: Runs every 4 days. See [https://travel.ldz.lv/en/marsrutu-karte the Latvia International Timetable page] to determine which dates the train runs.


==Other sparse services==
==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.
The following lines have fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week, or do not run each weekday.
{| width="100%"
 
| (Radviliškis –) Linkaiciai – Panevēžys – Rokiškis | (Vilnius –) Paneriai – Valčiūnai
{| class="osstable3"
| Runs on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only
|
| (Radviliškis –) Panevēžys – Rokiškis  
| One train each way
|-
|-
| (Kaunas –) Palemonas – Jonava (– Šiauliai)  
|  
| Runs on Fridays and Sundays only
| Marijampolė – Trakiszki (Poland) (– Suwałki)
| Fridays: one train northbound; Saturdays and Sundays: two trains each way; Mondays: one train southbound. '''This train is currently suspended as at December 2020.'''
|-
|
| (Vilnius -) Turmantas - Daugavpils (Latvia)
| Weekends only but suspended as at December 2020.
|-
|-
| Marijampolė – Trakiszki (Poland) (Suwałki)
|  
| Runs Fridays –> Mondays only: FO northbound; SSuO two trains each way; MO southbound
| Varėna Marcinkonys
| One daily train and one Mondays - Fridays
|}
|}


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{|  class="dpetable3"
{|  class="dpetable3"
|  
|  
|  
| (Kaunas –) Palemonas – Jonava (– Šiauliai)
|  
| No service for over a year
|-
|}
|}



Revision as of 10:08, 14 January 2021

Introduction

This list is based on the timetable valid from 13 December 2020. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.

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.

Obscure services

Kaunas avoiding line: Palemonas (Pamaris) – Garliava (Jiesia)

(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254B1) LT21/1

Used by all services between Vilnius and Kaliningrad-Passazerskiy. Note that Russian trains in transit to and from Kaliningrad are not making any public stops in Lithuania as at December 2020.

Radviliškis

(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT21/2

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.

Šiauliai — Šarkiai — Meitene (Latvia) — Jelgava

(ERA-E 115A3; ERA-R 253B1-C1) LT21/3

Ukrainian Railways operates a seasonal train between Kiev/Kyiv and Riga. This train is currently suspended.

D1 31 Kiev/Kyiv - 05:51 Šiauliai - Riga Pass
D2 32 19:40 Riga Pass - Kiev/Kyiv

D1: Runs every 4 days. See the Latvia International Timetable page to determine which dates the train runs. Note that the train is one day later from Šiauliai.

D2: Runs every 4 days. See the Latvia International Timetable page to determine which dates the train runs.

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.

(Radviliškis –) Panevēžys – Rokiškis One train each way
Marijampolė – Trakiszki (Poland) (– Suwałki) Fridays: one train northbound; Saturdays and Sundays: two trains each way; Mondays: one train southbound. This train is currently suspended as at December 2020.
(Vilnius -) Turmantas - Daugavpils (Latvia) Weekends only but suspended as at December 2020.
Varėna – Marcinkonys One daily train and one Mondays - Fridays

Deletions since previous edition

(Kaunas –) Palemonas – Jonava (– Šiauliai) No service for over a year

See also