Lietuvos geležinkeliai

FREIGHT TRAFFIC

AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) is a railway undertaking licensed to provide freight services on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania. Company's division, the Freight Directorate, performs repairs to freight rolling stock, carries out its maintenance, and renders freight forwarding and other related services.

AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai orients its activities towards introducing new services and technologies, meeting customer needs, applying flexible system of tariffs, as well as providing marketing solutions.

In 2009, AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai carried 42,7 million tonnes of freight. Import freight accounced for 31 per cent of the total freight, transit freight for 29 per cent, export freight for 10 per cent, and domestic freight for 30 per cent. Oil and oil products – 19,3 million tones (45,2 per cent of the total freight), fertilizers – 9 million tonnes (21,2 per cent of the total freight).

AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai offers:

Freight: transportation and freight forwarding services;
Freight warehousing services;
Fast, non-expensive and safe transportation of goods by combined traffic train Viking on the line Klaipėda-Minsk-Odessa;
Flexible tariff policy;
Wagon lease and other services related to freight transportation;
Possibility to use modernized Kena, Vaidotai and Klaipėda railway stations equipped with state-of-the-art technologies.

AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai operates the most advanced locomotive fleet in Eastern and Central Europe:

34 new freight locomotives ER10CF;
29 modernised freight locomotives 2M62M;
25 re-engined freight locomotives 2M62K;
16 re-engined freight locomotives M61K;
22 modernised shunting locomotives ČME3M;
1 new shunting locomotive TEM TMH.

Development of Information Technology

Information systems STOKIS, AGAT and OPKIS have been installed in commerce stations. These systems give a full view of the location of rolling stock and operations performed.
Information system KROVINYS (Cargo) is in operation; this is an information system for handing shipping documents for freight transported on Lithuanian railways, as well as for accounting control.

Public Logistics Centres

In order to develop intermodal freight transport in Lithuania, public logistics centres are being founded in Vilnius (nearby Vaidotai Marshalling Yard) and Kaunas. The EU financial assistance of the Cohesion Fund will be used for establishing infrastructure necessary for said centres: modern overland intermodal terminals, exclusive in the region, will be built, and conditions will be created for setting up companies on the territory of the terminal engaged in transport, logistics or other freight related activities. This conception is expected to encourage commercial cooperation among transport modes, and more freight will be carried by rail which is more cost-efficient and environmental friendly mode of transport.

Container Traffic

Container traffic is becoming the main trend in developing freight services due to its versatility.

The Viking project of combined traffic has been successfully conducted over the past years; a total of 39.5 thousand containers (TEU) were carried on this container train in 2009, improving the result of 1008 by 16.1 per cent. In 2009, this project was announced by the European Intermodal Association as the winner of the 9th annual European Intermodal Award for best practices competition.

The new project covers a regular container train running on the line Klaipėda-Vilnius-Klaipėda. The container train operates on its regular schedule.

Freight Forwarding

AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai division LG Ekspedicija offers:

Rail freight transportations on the territory of Lithuania;
Rail freight forwarding on the territory of other countries;
Optimum selection of lines and tariffs;
Wagon tracking and tracing on the territory of Lithuanians well as that of other countries;
Additional services related to rail freight transportation.

Information for Enquiries:

LG Ekspedicija Department

Tel.: (+370 5) 269 3231, 269 3594, 269 3239, 2693254, 269 32 44

FAX (+370 5) 269 3487, 269 3594

Email: lg.ekspedicija@litrail.lt

Conclusion of Freight Transportation Contracts
Customer Contract Department

Tel.: (+370 5) 269 3113, 2692134, 2692817

FAX (+370 5) 269 2912

Email: komercija@litrail.lt

Adjustment of Freight Transportation Conditions
Freight Department

Tel.: (+370 5) 269 3112, 269 3193, 269 3628

FAX (+370 5) 269 2927