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==Obscure services== | ==Obscure services== | ||
===Kaunas avoiding line: Palemonas (Pamaris) – Garliava (Jiesia)=== | ===Kaunas avoiding line: Palemonas (Pamaris) – Garliava (Jiesia)=== | ||
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254B1) | (ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254B1) LT22/1 | ||
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 | 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 2021. | ||
===Radviliškis=== | ===Radviliškis=== | ||
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) | (ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT22/2 | ||
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=== | ===Šiauliai — Šarkiai — Meitene (Latvia) — Jelgava=== | ||
(ERA-E 115A3; ERA-R 253B1-C1) | (ERA-E 115A3; ERA-R 253B1-C1) LT22/3 | ||
Ukrainian Railways operated a seasonal train between Kiev/Kyiv and Riga by this route. However, the train was suspended with effect from 15 March 2020, as Latvia cancelled all international travel. | |||
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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. | 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. | 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== | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 8 December 2021
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable valid from 12 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) LT22/1
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 2021.
Radviliškis
(ERA-E 115B3; ERA-R 254A1, not shown on either map) LT22/2
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) LT22/3
Ukrainian Railways operated a seasonal train between Kiev/Kyiv and Riga by this route. However, the train was suspended with effect from 15 March 2020, as Latvia cancelled all international travel.
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 |
