.06.jpg) Tunnel in 2022 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Kauno geležinkelio tunelis |
| Line | Vilnius–Kaunas Railway |
| Location | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 54°53′30″N 23°56′31″E / 54.89167°N 23.94194°E |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | 1859 |
| Opened | 1862 |
| Technical | |
| Length | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Tunnel clearance | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
| Width | 8.8 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]