Mockava

2 strategic international transport corridors and their branches run across the territory of Lithuania: the North-South Highway (via Baltica in Lithuania, E67), connecting Scandinavia with Central Europe, the East-West Highway (E28 and E85 transport roads, including the railway to the ports) connecting the Eastern European and Asian markets with th... e rest of Europe. The modern Rail Baltica railway stretching across the Baltic countries will link Poland, the Baltic countries and Finland, and improve the Central and Eastern European connection with Germany adding the railway transportation to the available means for moving the goods. Lithuania is a convenient transit route, linking Western Europe with the markets of CIS, China and other Asian countries, because both types of railway track are already available in its territory: the European standard (1345 mm) gauge and the Russian standard (1520 mm) gauge. The implemented part of Rail Baltica project back in 2016 made Lithuanian railway infrastructure an integral part of the North Sea Baltic Sea Railway Freight Corridor (EU Transport Corridor No. 8) to the Western European ports of North Sea. With 4 border-crossing stations with Latvia, 2 border-crossing stations with Belarus and 2 border-crossing stations with Russia (Kaliningrad area), Lithuanian railway system has only 1 border-crossing station with Poland and the rest of the EU. Before modernisation of the railway infrastructure within the scope of Rail Baltica project, Klaipeda port served as the main and only hub in Lithuania for reaching even the non-distant markets of Western Europe without transiting non-EU countries. Today, with the EU standard (1435 mm) rail gauge operational in Lithuanian railway stations, goods can move between Eastern Europe or Asia and Western Europe choosing the most convenient mode of transportation. Fully rebuilt both standard (Russian 1520 mm and EU 1435 mm) rail gauge station infrastructure within Rail-Baltica project in 2015; The only operational terminal in any Lithuanian ...Read More