Mockava

Mockava
Village
Mockava

Location of Mockava

Coordinates: 54°18′30″N 23°18′20″E / 54.30833°N 23.30556°E / 54.30833; 23.30556Coordinates: 54°18′30″N 23°18′20″E / 54.30833°N 23.30556°E / 54.30833; 23.30556
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Marijampolė County
Municipality Kalvarija municipality
Eldership Sangrūda eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 92
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Mockava is a village and railway station in Lithuania on the border with Poland. According to the 2001 census, its population was 92.[1]

Transport

There is a break of gauge where the railway systems of the two countries meet. To speed up though traffic, a track gauge changing facility of the SUW 2000 variable gauge axle system has been installed to allow fitted trains to pass through the break of gauge at walking pace.

References

  1. Marijampolės apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. ISBN 9986-589-89-4.



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