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Poland and Lithuania have confirmed a service will link these two EU capital cities in 2021.
It involves a route via Kaunas, where a change of trains will be necessary because of the break of gauge.
Rail Baltica, when it is built, will provide a through service on standard gauge metals.
The two cities were on the original St Petersburg-Warsaw broad gauge railway of the Russian Empire via Hrodna/Grodno, which now cuts across a corner of Belarus which necessitates non-EU border controls.
It involves a route via Kaunas, where a change of trains will be necessary because of the break of gauge.
Rail Baltica, when it is built, will provide a through service on standard gauge metals.
Warszawa – Vilnius passenger service to launch next year
EUROPE: A letter of intent for the launch of a Warszawa - Vilnius passenger service was signed by the Lithuanian national railway's passenger business LTG Link and its Polish counterpart PKP Intercity on September 17. The service is expected to start in late 2021, offering a journey ...
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A letter of intent for the launch of a Warszawa – Vilnius passenger service was signed by the Lithuanian national railway’s passenger business LTG Link and its Polish counterpart PKP Intercity on September 17.
The service is expected to start in late 2021, offering a journey time between the two capitals of 8 h including a change of trains at the break-of-gauge in Kaunas. Initial ridership is estimated at 35 000 passengers/year. The need to change trains would be removed once the 1 435 mm gauge tracks are extended to Vilnius as part of the Rail Baltica project.
The two cities were on the original St Petersburg-Warsaw broad gauge railway of the Russian Empire via Hrodna/Grodno, which now cuts across a corner of Belarus which necessitates non-EU border controls.
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