Vilnius railway station

Vilnius railway station Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
Vilnius Central Railway Station entrance
General information
Location	Geležinkelio street 16 Vilnius Lithuania
Coordinates	54°40′13″N 25°17′4″E
Owned by	LTG
Operated by	LTG Link
Line(s)	Vilnius–Klaipėda Railway Vilnius–Kaunas Railway Vilnius–Marcinkonys Railway Vilnius–Turmantas Railway Vilnius–Jašiūnai Railway Vilnius–Kena Railway
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Website	ltglink.lt
History
Opened	1861 (1861)
Rebuilt	1950[1]
Services
Waiting hall, ticket office, coffee shops, pharmacy, luggage storage, WC, LTG Link railway museum, ATM, vending kiosks.

Vilnius

Map of the planned Rail Baltica line

Vilnius Central Railway Station (Lithuanian: Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis) is an LTG Link train station in Vilnius, Lithuania. The railway station situates between two neighbourhoods of Vilnius — Naujininkai and Naujamiestis — and on the edge of the Old Town.

History

The station was opened in 1869 while building the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway.^[2] It was destroyed in 1945 during the World War II and in 1950 it was rebuilt in socialist realism style. The station was renovated in 1998 and then again in 2023.^[2]

Services

The following local passenger services run from Vilnius:^[3]

• Vilnius – Kaunas
• Vilnius – Trakai
• Vilnius – Šiauliai – Klaipėda
• Vilnius – Ignalina – Turmantas
• Vilnius – Varėna – Marcinkonys
• Vilnius – Kena
• Vilnius – Vilnius Airport – Jašiūnai

There are also the following international routes:^[3]

• Vilnius – Mockava – Warsaw – Kraków (to Poland)
• Vilnius – Riga (to Latvia)^[4][5]

Services were previously offered to Belarus but were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] Passenger services to Belarus were cancelled due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and LTG stated that, as of June 2022, there are no plans to restart the trains in the foreseeable future.^[6][7]

There are ticket offices, cafeterias, bars and vending machines in the station.

Public transportation

The station is a major Vilnius public transportation hub. The station can be reached by city public transport: trolleybuses, regular, fast and night buses. Vilnius bus station is around 180 meters (590 ft) away from the railway station. Vilnius international airport situates 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) away from the railway station and is accessible by taxi, busses and trains. Trains operated by LTG Link departure from Vilnius railway station every day and arrives to Vilnius Airport railway station.

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view
• 
  Train to Kaunas, platform view
• 
  International departure safety hall
• 
  Station in 1920

See also

• Rail transport in Lithuania
• Vilnius Airport Railway Station
• Rail Baltica

References

1. "Architektūros objektas".
2. "Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis atsinaujina: pradedamas paskutinis darbų etapas, atrasta istorinė siena" [The Vilnius railway station is being renewed: the last stage of work is starting, the historical wall has been discovered]. LRT (in Lithuanian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
3. "Maršrutai" [Routes]. LTG Link. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
4. "Vilnius–Riga train service may be launched next year – Lithuanian minister". LRT. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
5. Po beveik 20 metų pertraukos išvyko atnaujinto maršruto Vilnius–Ryga keleivinis traukinys
6. "Lithuania has no plans to relaunch Vilnius-Minsk passenger train services". The Baltic Times. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
7. "No plans to relaunch Vilnius-Minsk passenger train services". Delfi. Retrieved 23 January 2023.