Railway

Relations between Lithuania and Poland have been chilly for some time now and experts say that the delay in works on the 200km Rail Baltica stretch between Warsaw and Šeštokai are a reflection of that state of affairs.

Lithuania has submitted an application for nearly €197 million in funding from the EU to finance the Rail Baltica project that will connect the Baltic States railway systems with Western Europe.

New Polish-made passenger trains will operate on the route between the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and Klaipėda on the Baltic coast.

Kazakhstan will being transporting goods to Scandanavian and Western European markets using Lithuanian Railways trains after a new contract was signed between KTZ Express of Kazakhstan and Lithuanian railways.

Дочернее предприятие крупнейшего в мире железнодорожного оператора - китайской корпорации China Railway Corporation (CRC) - China Railway Corporation International интересуется реализуемым странами Балтии проектом трансевропейской железной дороги Rail Baltica миллиардной стоимости.

Kinijos geležinkelių korporacija „China Railway Corporation International“ domisi trijų Baltijos šalių įgyvendinamu milijardinės vertės transeuropinės geležinkelio vėžės „Rail Baltica“ projektu. Pasak „Lietuvos geležinkelių“ vadovo Stasio Dailydkos, kinai nori susipažinti su projektu, o tai gali būt...

A segment of Rail Baltica between Kaunas and the Polish border is officially opening on Friday. The Lithuanian prime minister says it is now up to Poland to upgrade its network so that transportation of cargo and passengers on the railway can begin.

A second line of Vilnius Railway Bypass has been constructed and will enable to divert freight trains from the city centre. Railway traffic will become safer as a result and hazardous material pollution risk will be reduced.

The European Commission has taken Lithuania to the EU Court of Justice for its failure to establish an independent rail accident and incident investigation body.

Statistics indicate that road and railway traffic has become considerably safer in the first half of 2015 in Lithuania.

Sekmadienį Japonijoje iškilmingai palaidota garsioji katė Tama, „dirbusi" geležinkelio stoties Vakajamos prefektūroje viršininke, praneša „The Associated Press“.

Security was stepped at Vilnius and Naujoji Vilnia Train Stations in Lithuania on Thursday in response to information that Russian army conscripts might be crossing to the Russian region of Kaliningrad via Lithuania, according to the lrytas.lt news website.

Lithuania is sticking to its position on the Rail Baltica financing model and will ask the European Commission to provide around 160 million euros in funding directly and 30 million euros more through a joint venture based in Riga. Latvia does not object to that, with its transport minister saying t...

Lithuania’s state-owned railway operator Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) will start selling e-tickets late in February.

Latvia's Transport Minister Anrijs Matiss (Unity) has invited Finland to take active part in implementation of the standard-gauge railroad Rail Baltica project and in the work of the Rail Baltica joint venture, noting the project's importance for the entire Nordic-Baltic region, LETA learned from th...

2014-ieji daugeliui Lietuvos kino žiūrovų įsimins kaip „Lošėjo“ metai. Tačiau ir be šio režisieriaus Igno Jonyno trilerio šiemet buvo gausu lietuviškų premjerų, sako LRT.lt kalbinti ekspertai.

The three Baltic countries' joint venture, the joint-stock company RB Rail, has been registered with the Register of Enterprises of Latvia, the Transport Ministry informed LETA.

Lithuania's railway safety figures are among the best in Europe, the European Railway Agency (ERA) said in a report.

Stratfor analyst Eugene Chausovsky reflects on the Baltic states' recent announcement of a joint venture company for Rail Baltica and examines the project's regional context and implications.

On 28 October, representatives from the Baltic States signed a landmark agreement which will launch the project Rail Baltica and bring the Baltic region closer to Western Europe.