Country info: Lithuania (Lietuva)

Rail companies: LG (Lietuvos Geležinkeliai)

Lithuanian Rail Network Map 

Currency: 1 euro = app. 3.45 Lithuanian litas (LTL)

Train travel in Lithuania: train types, tickets, fares, discounts & other useful info

National Train Service:

Train types in Lithuania: Suburban, Regional, Passenger &  Express trains 

• Suburban (marked as 'M' on LG website) - suburban service around Vilnius (Naujoji Vilnia, Airport, Kena etc.) & Kaunas areas, no seat reservation required. LG suburban trains have a 3 digit number starting with 6** or 9**  
• Regional (marked as 'E', 'EJ' & 'D' on LG website) - regional service connecting major Lithuanian cities and towns (letter E designates EMU, while 'D' - DMU, 'EJ' designates new Skoda double-decker  EMU on Vilnius-Kaunas-Vilnius route), no seat reservation required. LG regional trains have 3 digit number starting with 3** or 8**
• Passenger – international transit trains to/from Kaliningrad region, not possible to use for journeys within Lithuania, seat/bed reservation required. Passenger trains have 2 or 3 digit numbers (currently among regular trains it's train #359/360 from Kaliningrad to Adler)
  
• Express (marked as 'G' on LG website) - national (Vilnius to Klaipeda) & international long-distance trains (from Vilnius to Minsk, Moscow, St.Petersburg), seat/bed reservation required. Express trains have 2 or 3 digit numbers from 1 to 150)
  

At the moment there is only 7 international trains originating from Lithuania:

• Vilnius to Moscow (daily, train # 005/006) - dep. 16:55 - arr. 9:01, served by LG
• Vilnius to Saint Petersburg (daily, train # 091/092) - dep. 19:50 - arr. 10:25, served by LG
• Kaunas-Sestokai-Warsaw (daily, train # 393/394) - connecting trains via Sestokai, where Kaunas-Sestokai leg (1524mm) served by LG, while Sestokai-Warsaw leg (1435mm) served by PKP, passengers must change trains in Sestokai
  
• Vilnius to Minsk (daily, train # 013/014) - dep. 14:58 - arr. 17:45, served by LG
• Vilnius to Minsk (daily, train # 015/016) - dep. 18:14 - arr. 20:44, served by BCh
• Vilnius to Minsk (daily, train # 037/038) - dep. 6:55 - arr. 9:25, served by LG
• Vilnius to Minsk (Saturday & Sunday, train # 201/202) - dep. 20:54 - arr. 00:45, served by BCh

 Types of carriages in LG (& transit) trains:

• Common ('общий вагон') – mainly 'platskartnyi' couchette carriage where not 54 berths (as in usual 'platskartnyi') are sold, but 81 seats, thus basically turning couchette carriage into seating carriage, seat reservation compulsory. Common carriages used in Passenger & Express trains
• Sitting ('сидячий') – various seating carriages used in Suburban & Regional trains, in Lithuania usually aircraft type salon (1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd class)
• 'Platskartnyi' (плацкартный) – 3^rd class couchette carriage (3/6) with an open compartments & 54 berths (beds from #1-36 located in the open compartments, while beds from # 37-54 are on the side, thus opposite to compartments, odd numbers are lower berths, even – upper. Bed reservation required. 'Platskartnyi' carriages used in Passenger & Express trains
• 'Kupe' (купе) –  2^nd class sleeper carriage (2/4) with 'closed' compartments for 4 passengers, odd numbers are lower beds, even – upper. Bed reservation required. 'Kupe' carriages used Passenger & Express trains
• 'Lux' ('люкс' or as well known as 'СВ') – 1^st sleeper carriage (1/2) with compartments for 2 passengers, both beds are lower ones, bed reservation required. 'Lux' carriages used in Passenger & Express trains

1. Passengers receive 15% discount when buying return ticket
2. Passengers traveling in groups of more than 6 people receive 10% discount on any train ticket
3. Students (ISIC) receive 50% discount on all the domestic rail tickets in Lithuania (officially discount applies only to European Union citizens studying in European Union member states, but passports are rarely checked, so just having ISIC works fine in most cases)
4. On some connections LG offers either fixed discount (like 15% on ticket for Vilnius to Klaipeda & back trains) or fixed fare (like 14 LTL for Vilnius to Ignalina trains)

International Train Service:

Tariffs for international tickets used by Lithuanian railways:

• for connections to other European countries - East-West tariff, tariff currency - Euro                                    (In Lithuania passengers can purchasse East-West tariff ticket(s) to Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Hungary and Germany)
• for connections to former Soviet republics - MGPT 'interstate'tariff (which is actually cheaper than East-West, but more expensive than national tariff), MGPT tariff currency – Swiss Francs

a) Regular discounts

• 'Warsaw specjal' discount applies for connections between Lithuania and Poland via Mockava gr. (55% discount on Lithuanian part & 50% discount for Polish part (applicable only when journey is done by trains # 10011/394/884 on the way from Warsaw to Sestokai, Kaunas & Vilnius or  # 819/393/10012 on the way from Vilnius, Kaunas, Sestokai to Warsaw). Also special fare applies for cross-border connection Trakiszki – Sestokai or Sestokai – Trakiszki: 3,1 euro for 2nd class ticket or 4,4 euro for 1st class ticket (both can be purchased on board from PKP conductor)
• Special group (6 passengers & more) discount:

1. 40% discount for return tickets from Lithuania to Poland (or 25% for one way tickets)
2. 35% discount for tickets from Lithuania to/via Austria, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia & Hungary
3. 30% discount for tickets from Lithuania to/via Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belgium & Germany
4. 20% discount for tickets from Lithuania to/via Finland

b) Special offers (SparSchiene)

Not available

c) CityStars

No info available

Lithuania is also among the list of countries for which Rail Plus Card discount is applicable, so for international tickets to/from Lithuania Rail Plus Card can receive 25% discount

How to Buy Train Tickets in Lithuania:

Currently Lithuanian Railways (LG) does not offer a possibility to purchase national (domestic) or international train tickets online, so potential passengers will have to visit any of the LG ticket counters

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