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 2012, AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai carried 49,4 million tonnes of freight. Import freight accounced for 34 per cent of the total freight, transit freight for 25 per cent, export freight for 11 per cent, and domestic freight for 30 per cent. Oil and oil products – 17,7 million tones (36 per cent of the total freight), fertilizers – 12,6 million tonnes (26 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 is one of the most modern railway companies in Eastern and Central Europe. During past several years company invested approximately 4 billion Litas and now owns a modern fleet of freight locomotives, has installed modern alarm, telecommunications and rolling stock control systems in main railway lines and stations, and renewed railway buildings
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 implementation of intermodal projects “Saulė” (Sun) and “Merkurijus” (Mercury) has begun.
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:
Customer Service Division
Tel.: (+370 5) 269 3877, 269 2008, 269 3661
FAX (+370 5) 269 3775
Email: commerce@litrail.lt , logistics@litrail.lt
LG Ekspedicija Department
Tel.: (+370 5) 269 3231
FAX (+370 5) 269 3487
Email: lg.ekspedicija@litrail.lt