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–Bereshvetsh; 125 km opened in 1895.
- Švenčionėliai–Panevėžys; 145 km, opened in 1901
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) narrow gauge, converted to 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge by the Lithuanian state railways, and expanded to a network of 111 km.
- Panevėžys–Joniškėlis; 36 km
- Joniškėlis–Biržai; 42 km
- Joniškėlis–Žeimelis; 37 km
- Joniškėlis–Petrašiūnai–Šiauliai; 68 km
- Petrašiūnai–Linkuva; 7 km
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 peat from field to factory.
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