There are three funicular railways in Lithuania, two in Kaunas and one in Vilnius. As for the Kaunas funiculars, I cannot verify the information appearing on the Internet that only one of them is operational. Žaliakalnis Funicular – the oldest funicular railway in Lithuania, built in 1931. The heritage wagon has been preserved and still …
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There is an only one active narrow-gauge railway in Lithuania. In the past Lithuania had many narrow gauge railways, especially built during World War I by the German Empire and industrial railways for transportation of peat from peat fields to factory. Until today about 158.8 km of narrow-gauge railways in Lithuania remained. About 68.4 km …
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