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Kaunas Railway Tunnel
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Overview
Official nameKauno geležinkelio tunelis
LineVilnius–Kaunas Railway
LocationKaunas, Lithuania
Coordinates54°53′30″N 23°56′31″E / 54.89167°N 23.94194°E / 54.89167; 23.94194
Operation
Work begun1859
Opened1862
Technical
Length1,285 m (4,216 ft)
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Tunnel clearance6.6 m (22 ft)
Width8.8 m (29 ft)

Kaunas railway tunnel (Lithuanian: Kauno geležinkelio tunelis) is one of the two railway tunnels existing in Lithuania and the only railway tunnel operating in the Baltic states. Passenger trains are operating between Vilnius and Kaunas through this tunnel. The length of the tunnel is 1,285 metres (0,803 miles), height – 6,6 metres, width – 8,8 metres. Kaunas railway tunnel was included into the Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic of Lithuania in 1996.[1]

  1. ^ [1] The Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites: Unique object code: 16656. Retrieved on 12 May 2010.

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