Vilnius – Kaunas Railway ( lt, Geležinkelis Vilnius – Kaunas) is one of the main local railways in

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. This railway connects Lithuanian capital Vilnius with the 2nd largest city

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

. The railway construction was started in 1859 and finished in 1862.

Incidents

On 4 April 1975, around 20 people died and at least 80 people were injured in the Žasliai railway disaster.Pasenę bėgiai verčia traukinius
/ref> On 6 November 1994, the Bražuolė bridge bombing damaged one of the railway bridges, but derailment of trains was avoided.

Stations

* Vilnius railway station *

Paneriai railway station Paneriai railway station ( lt, Panerių geležinkelio stotis) is a Lithuanian Railways station in Vilnius. It is mostly used for industry and cargo handling. Part of its cargo transactions was moved to the new Vaidotai railway station. Since ...

* Lentvaris railway station * Vievis railway station * Žasliai railway station * Kaišiadorys railway station * Pravieniškės railway station *

Palemonas railway station The Palemonids were a legendary dynasty of Grand Dukes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The legend was born in the 15th or 16th century as proof that Lithuanians and the Grand Duchy are of Roman origins. Already Jan Długosz (1415–1480) wrote ...

* Kaunas railway station

References

Rail transport in Vilnius Transport in Kaunas Railway lines in Lithuania 1520 mm gauge railways in Lithuania 1859 establishments in the Russian Empire {{lithuania-stub