{"id":17781,"date":"2026-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/lithuania-has-approved-a-special-plan-for-the-kaunas-vilnius-section-of-rail-baltica\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:00:00","slug":"lithuania-has-approved-a-special-plan-for-the-kaunas-vilnius-section-of-rail-baltica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/lithuania-has-approved-a-special-plan-for-the-kaunas-vilnius-section-of-rail-baltica\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania has approved a special plan for the Kaunas\u2013Vilnius section of Rail Baltica."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Lithuanian government has approved a special plan for the Kaunas-Vilnius section of the Rail Baltica project, simultaneously launching land acquisition procedures for state needs in the Kaunas and Jonava districts. The extension of the European standard-gauge railway to Vilnius is planned after the completion of the Rail Baltica main line connecting Poland with Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia \u2013 a priority agreed upon by the three Baltic States and the European Commission in 2024. Funding for the Kaunas-Vilnius section is planned for the next EU budget period, while land acquisition in the municipalities of Kai\u0161iadorys, Elektr\u0117nai, Trakai districts, Vilnius, and Vilnius district is scheduled for 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The new section will connect the Kaunas and Vilnius railway junctions, passing through Paneriai, Lentvaris, northern Vievis, \u017dasliai, and northern Kai\u0161iadorys. Connections to the regional stations of Vievis and Kai\u0161iadorys, Vilnius and Kaunas airports, the Vilnius Intermodal Terminal, and the future Panev\u0117\u017eys route are envisaged. During the plan\u2019s preparation, land access solutions were reviewed: the number of overpasses for vehicular and pedestrian traffic was increased, the alignment near Rikantai was adjusted, and the existing line in Karioti\u0161k\u0117s will be relocated closer to the Rail Baltica corridor, taking into account the interests of local residents.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vytautas \u017dalimas, head of LTG Infra, the section is technically challenging due to its proximity to urban development. However, approval of the plan paves the way for the effective implementation of the project immediately after funding is secured \u2013 land acquisition agreements have already been concluded. Deputy Minister Roderikas \u017diobakas emphasized Rail Baltica\u2019s strategic importance for Lithuania\u2019s transport connectivity and military mobility in the European context. Once the section is put into operation, the travel time between Vilnius and Kaunas without stops will be approximately 38 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lithuanian government has approved a special plan for the Kaunas-Vilnius section of the Rail Baltica project, simultaneously launching land acquisition procedures for state needs in the Kaunas and Jonava districts. The extension of the European standard-gauge railway to Vilnius is planned after the completion of the Rail Baltica main line connecting Poland with Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia \u2013 a priority agreed upon by the three Baltic States and the European Commission in 2024. Funding for the Kaunas-Vilnius section is planned for the next EU budget period, while land acquisition in the municipalities of Kai\u0161iadorys, Elektr\u0117nai, Trakai districts, Vilnius, and Vilnius district is scheduled for 2030.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}