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Vilnius Railway Station (Lithuanian: Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis) is a Lithuanian Railways passenger station in Vilnius, Lithuania. The railway station situates between two neighbourhoods of Vilnius - Naujininkai and Naujamiestis and on the edge of the Old Town.

Vilnius railway station Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
Railway station in 2021
General information
Location	16 Geležinkelio str. Vilnius Lithuania
Coordinates	54°40′13″N 25°17′4″E
Owned by	Lithuanian Railways
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Train operators	Lithuanian Railways, Russian Railways,[1] Belarusian Railway[2]
Construction
Disabled access	Available
Other information
Website	ltglink.lt
History
Opened	1861 (1861)
Rebuilt	1950[3]
Services
Waiting hall, ticket office

History

The station was opened in 1861[4] while building the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway. It was destroyed in 1945 during World War II and in 1950 it was rebuilt in socialist realism style. The building was renovated in 2001.[5]

Currently there are ticket offices, vending kiosks open inside the station building, a bar Peronas (lit. "platform") is working inside the former railway postal building.

Train services

The main local railroads connecting with the railway station are Vilnius–Klaipėda Railway, Vilnius–Kaunas Railway and Vilnius–Turmantas Railway.

The station is served by the following local and international passenger services:[6]

• Vilnius – Minsk (Belarus) (currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic);
• Branded Russian Railways passenger train Jantar' (Янтарь, Russian for "amber") Kaliningrad (Russia) – Vilnius – Moscow (Russia) (currently not conducting passenger services in Lithuania due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trains are travelling through the station only in transit)[7]
• Kaliningrad (Russia) – Vilnius – St. Petersburg (Russia) (currently not conducting passenger services in Lithuania due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trains are travelling through the station only in transit)
• Riga – Kyiv (currently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
• Vilnius – Kaunas
• Vilnius – Trakai
• Vilnius – Šiauliai – Klaipėda
• Vilnius – Ignalina – Turmantas – Daugavpils (Latvia) (currently not running due to the COVID-19 pandemic, train stops at Turmantas Railway station)
• Vilnius – Varėna – Marcinkonys
• Vilnius – Kena
• Vilnius – Vilnius Airport - Jašiūnai

Public transportation

The station is a major Vilnius public transportation hub. The station can be reached by city trolleybuses, regular, rapid, 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 buses, trains or taxi.

See also

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vilnius train station.

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[ru] Вильнюс (станция)

Вильнюс (лит. Vilnius) — железнодорожная станция Литовских железных дорог, памятник архитектуры Вильнюса. Крупнейший вокзал Литвы. Расположен на улице Железнодорожная 16 (Geležinkelio gatvė 16).

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