Vilnius railway station

Vilnius Central 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.

Fast train
Vilnius railway station

Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
Vilnius Central Railway Station entrance
General information
LocationGeležinkelio street 16
Vilnius
Lithuania
Coordinates54°40′13″N 25°17′4″E
Owned byLithuanian Railways
Operated byLTG Link
Platforms6
Tracks11
Construction
AccessibleAvailable
Other information
Websiteltglink.lt
History
Opened1861 (1861)
Rebuilt1950[1]
Services
Waiting hall, ticket office, coffee shops, pharmacy, luggage storage, WC, LTG Link railway museum, ATM, vending kiosks.
Waiting hall during Christmas period
Vilnius Central Railway station exterior from peron
Map of the planned Rail Baltica line
Vilnius
Vilnius
Map of the planned Rail Baltica line

History

The station was opened in 1861[2] 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.[3]

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:[4]

Services were previously offered to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Riga but were suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Services between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, which travel through Vilnius, have resumed, but trains do not stop at the station.[5] All services to these destinations run through Belarus, and Lithuanian Railways has stated that as of June 2022, they have no intentions of restarting passenger services to Belarus in the foreseeable future.[6] There were previously services to Daugavpils, Latvia, but they were also cut in March 2020 and no information has been released on when and if this route will be resumed.

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 everyday and arrives to Vilnius Airport railway station.

See also
International departure safety hall

References
  1. "Architektūros objektas".
  2. Geležinkelių muziejus (Railway museum)
  3. "Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis". Architektūros ir urbanistikos tyrimų centras. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  4. "Lithuanian Railways | e.ticket website". www.traukiniobilietas.lt. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  5. "Tutu | Railway Ticketing". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  6. "No plans to relaunch Vilnius-Minsk passenger train services". Delfi. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
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