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

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. This railway connects Lithuanian capital

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ) is the capital of and List of cities in Lithuania#Cities, largest city in Lithuania and the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, most-populous city in the Baltic states. The city's estimated January 2025 population w ...

with the 2nd largest city

Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ...

. 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 Žasliai railway disaster occurred on 4 April 1975 near Žasliai Žasliai (, ''Zosle'') is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 644. The town was first mentioned in written sources in 1457 and wa ...

.Pasenę bėgiai verčia traukinius
/ref> On 6 November 1994, the

Bražuolė bridge bombing Bražuolė bridge bombing was an explosion under a railway bridge at around 7 a.m. on 6 November 1994 over the on the Vilnius–Kaunas Railway near Vievis, Lithuania. While the bridge was heavily damaged, train derailment was avoided due t ...

damaged one of the railway bridges, but derailment of trains was avoided.

Stations

Vilnius railway station Vilnius Central Railway Station () 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 statio ...

* Paneriai railway station * Lentvaris railway station * Vievis railway station * Žasliai railway station * Kaišiadorys railway station * Pravieniškės railway station * Palemonas railway station * 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-transport-stub