Transport in Lithuania

Major highways in Lithuania

Lithuanian highways as a part of the Trans-European Network

This article provides an overview of the transport infrastructure of Lithuania.

Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Lithuania

There is a total of 1,998 route km of railways, of which:

• 1,807 km are broad gauge (1524 mm) – 122 km of which are electrified
• 169 km are narrow gauge (750 mm) – as of 2001
• 22 km are standard gauge (1435 mm)

Rail links with adjacent countries

• Latvia - yes
• Belarus - yes
• Poland - yes - break-of-gauge 1524 mm / 1435 mm
• Kaliningrad - yes

Lithuanian road system

Highways

There is a total of 21,328.09 route km of highways (2006); 12,912.22 km are paved and the remaining 8,415.87 are unpaved.

Specific highways

• A1 highway (Lithuania) - connecting Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda
• A5 highway (Lithuania) - connecting Kaunas and Suwałki
• Samogitian Highway - old highway built in the interbellum years connecting Kaunas and Klaipėda
• Aukštaitian Highway - old highway built in the interbellum years connecting Kaunas, Kėdainiai, Panevėžys and Biržai.
• Via Baltica (E67)

A road system

The A roads (Magistraliniai keliai) totalisent 1748,84 km.

• A1 Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda, 311,40 km
• A2 Vilnius–Panevėžys, 135,92 km
• A3 Vilnius–Minskas, 33,99 km
• A4 Vilnius–Varėna–Gardinas, 134,46 km
• A5 Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suvalkai, 97,06 km
• A6 Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugpilis, 185,40 km
• A7 Marijampolė–Kybartai–Kaliningradas, 42,21 km*
• A8 Panevėžys–Aristava–Sitkūnai, 87,86 km
• A9 Panevėžys–Šiauliai, 78,94 km
• A10 Panevėžys–Pasvalys–Bauska, 66,10 km
• A11 Šiauliai–Palanga, 146,85 km
• A12 Ryga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningradas, 186,09 km
• A13 Klaipėda–Liepoja, 45,15 km
• A14 Vilnius–Utena, 95,60 km
• A15 Vilnius–Lyda, 49,28 km
• A16 Vilnius–Prienai–Marijampolė, 137,51 km
• A17 Panevėžio aplinkkelis, 22,28 km
• A18 Šiaulių aplinkkelis, 17,08 km

Waterways

600 km perennially navigable

Pipelines

Crude oil, 105 km; Natural gas 760 km (1992).

Ports and harbors

Sea ports

• Būtingė,
• Klaipėda,
• Šventoji

River ports

• Kaunas
• Rumšiškės
• Nida
• Juodkrantė

Merchant marine

The merchant marine consists of 47 ships of 1,000 GRT or over, together totaling 279,743 GRT/304,156 t DWT.

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 (2002 est.)

Airports

There are 72 airports in Lithuania (2001).

• Paved Runways : 9 in total
  • over 3,047 m: 2
  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
  • under 914 m: 3

• Unpaved runways : 63 in total
  • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 5
  • under 914 m: 55