Lithuanian Railways

Rail Baltica, the largest rail infrastructure project in the history of the Baltic States, has been recognised as a strategic geopolitical necessity, Lithuanian Railways said in a press release.

Lithuanian Railways (LTG Group) and Ukrainian Railways have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen international cooperation and develop a joint international intermodal route Klaipėda-Kyiv through Polish territory.

LTG Link, passenger transport company of Lithuanian Railways (LTG), has introduced Starlink satellite internet service on its trains that will ensure stable connection throughout the entire journey.

LTG Link, the passenger transport company of the Lithuanian Railways (LTG Group), has signed a partnership agreement with Distribusion Technologies GmbH to allow selling train tickets via the Google Maps platform.

A train left Vilnius for Riga early Wednesday – the first in nearly twenty years – amid efforts to restore rail links among the Baltic States. The prime minister, transport minister and several MPs joined the train’s inaugural journey along with a number of rail passengers.

Passenger rail transport company LTG Link, part of Lithuanian Railways Group (LTG), has been granted an international certificate for carrying passengers in Latvia.

On 23-24 November, Vilnius will host the fifth international Baltic Transport Forum, the largest transport and logistics sector event in the Baltic countries. The milestone event will be opened by President Gitanas Nausėda and Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis.

The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda and Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG) have not yet been affected by strikes in Belarus that involve some of their customers, Lithuanian Transport Minister Jaroslav Neverovic said on Friday.

The business and educational organizations in Klaipeda are joining forces to develop the Lithuanian system of maritime innovation in the country. With this goal, the Lithuanian Maritime Cluster has been founded on June 30. The cluster has been founded with the goal of becoming a platform for the pro...

Rail passenger traffic has rebounded strongly in Lithuania following the lifting of lockdown last Wednesday but still remains 35 percent below its year-earlier level.

The first freight train will go via the railway section from Lithuania's Mazeikiai to Renge in Latvia on Saturday after Lithuania's state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) rebuilt it after receiving a fine of dozens of millions euros.

A crude shipment from Norway for Belarus is expected to arrive in the port of Klaipeda this week as an alternative to Russian oil.

Lithuania's state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) and the port of Klaipeda are ready to supply oil to oil refiners in Belarus amid the latter's conflict with Russia regarding oil imports.

BNS offers a look at what are likely to be key economic and business events in Lithuania in the year ahead.

Lithuania's state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) has signed a contract, worth 363 million euros, for the electrification of the Vilnius railway hub and the Kaisiadorys-Klaipeda railway, with Spanish company Elecnor on Friday after Transport Minister Jaroslav Nar...

The Lithuanian parliament on Friday extended, for another four years, the deadline for Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) to adapt trains and railway stations for people with disabilities.

Lithuania is seeking that the European standard-gauge railway Rail Baltica's strategic infrastructure in each of the three Baltic states should be owned and managed by the respective national infrastructure managers.

Kauno Tiltai has won a contract worth 56.5 million euros, including VAT, from Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) for the designing and construction of a second track on the railway section between Plunge and Sateikiai in northeastern Lithuania.

LG Cargo, the freight arm of the state railway operator Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG), handled 2.8 million tons of grain between January and September 2019, a record high volume in the past decade.

Lithuania expects to attract investment and transit cargo from Japan, the Transport and Communications Ministry said on Wednesday.