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| company_name = Lietuvos Geležinkeliai |
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| company_logo = [[Image:LG Logo 2.GIF]] |
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| company_type = Group of [[public companies]] |
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| foundation = 1860 (First Line) <br> 1919 (Official) |
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| location_city = [[Vilnius]] |
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| location_country = Lithuania |
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| key_people = [[Stasys Dailydka]], General Manager |
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| industry = [[Rail transport]] |
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| products = [[Rail transport]], [[Cargo]] [[transport]], [[Service (economics)|Service]]s |
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| revenue = {{profit}} 111,7 mil [[Litas|LTL]] (2006) |
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| owner = The [[Lithuanian]] state |
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| homepage = [http://www.litrail.lt Official Site] |
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[[Image:Lithuania Diesel.JPG|thumb|240px|A TEM2 diesel locomotive of Lithuanian Railways at [[Kėdainiai]]]] |
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'''Lietuvos Geležinkeliai''' (translated "Lithuanian Railways," abbreviated as '''LG''') is the national, state-owned [[railway]] company of [[Lithuania]]. It operates all railway lines in the country. |
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LG's main network is consists of 1749 km [[broad gauge]] railways (of which 122 km are electrified), there is also a few [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] and 22 km of [[standard gauge|standard gauge]] lines. |
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==History== |
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In 1851 the occupant tsarist Government of [[Russian Empire|Russia]] has made a decision to build [[St.Petersburg]] - [[Warsaw]] railway line.The line included a stretch [[Daugavpils]] - [[Vilnius]] - [[Kaunas]] - [[Virbalis]] which was started in 1858 and finished in 1860.When the [[Kaiser]] army occupied Lithuania in [[1915]], the railway has become the main supplier of food staff and ammunition for the German army.In [[1918]] lithuanian independence was restored, and in [[1919]] Lithuanian Government, residing in [[Kaunas]] has concluded an agreement with Germany on the hand over of the local railway assets to the Ministry of Transport.During the first post-war years Lithuanian railways had to reconstruct the tracks, connecting them into a complete network and only then think of improving their efficiency.In 1923 [[Klaipėda]] region was given back to Lithuania, and Klaipėda port had became an indivisible part of Lithuanian railway system.In 1940 [[USSR]] occupied Lithuania, and railway activities were reorganized and all the agreements of Lithuania concluded with the neighbouring countries have been terminated.In 1941, nazis changed most of the network from [[broad gauge]] to [[standard gauge]], which was changed back by soviets in [[1944]].During soviet times all of the [[Baltic states]] railways were managed from [[Riga]].In 1991, the railways of the Baltic region were once again divisioned into seperate railway companies. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.litrail.lt/wps/portal Official website, in English, Russian and Lithuanian] |
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*[http://www.randburg.com/li/lithrailways.html Lithuanian Railways, in English] |
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[[Category:Companies of Lithuania]] |
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[[Category:Railway companies]] |
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[[Category:Rail transport in Lithuania]] |
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