Transport in Lithuania


Transport in Lithuania relies mainly on road and rail networks.

Lithuanian road system

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Highways

Controlled-access highways sections

There are two categories of controlled-access highways in Lithuania: expressways with maximum speed 120 km/h and motorways with maximum speed 130 km/h.

Motorway sections

The A roads total.
Before World War I, there were few isolated routes suitable for transit traffic e.g. present day A12 highway, connecting Riga with Kaliningrad, or present day A6 highway which was part of highway Warsaw–Saint Petersburg that ran through Kaunas. After Lithuania became an independent country in 1918, there was increased demand for new highways for inner needs. First long-distance highways built exclusively by the Lithuanian government were opened in the late 1930s. These are following:
There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:
  • 1,807 km are broad gauge of - 122 km of which are electrified
  • 169 km are narrow gauge of - as of 2001
  • 22 km are standard gauge of

    Rail links with adjacent countries

  • Latvia – yes
  • Belarus – yes
  • Russia – yes
  • Poland – yes – break-of-gauge /

    Waterways

There are that are perennially navigable.

Pipelines

In 1992, there were of crude oil pipelines, and of natural gas pipelines.

Ports and harbours

Sea ports

The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GT or over, together totaling 279,743 GT/.
Ships by type:
Cargo 25, Combination bulk 8, Petroleum tanker 2, Railcar carrier 1, Refrigerated cargo 6, Roll on/roll off 2, Short-sea passenger 3.
Note: These totals include some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 13

Airports

In Lithuania, there are four international airports: