Kaunas narrow-gauge railway

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Former railway line in Panemunė on Jiesia

The narrow-gauge railway Kaunas (lit. Kauno siaurukas ) was a narrow-gauge railway (600 mm) in Kaunas , in the then capital of Lithuania . The railway was in operation from April 1919 to August 1, 1935. It connected the districts of Aukštoji Panemunė and Kaunas Old Town . You could drive from the Aleksotas Bridge through Žemieji Šančiai . The narrow-gauge railway was 6.4 km long. The branch line to the Panemunės šilas pine forest was also in operation in the summer . This line was 3.5 km long. A total of 35 million passengers were carried.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lipk į "kukušką", brauksim į Senamiestį // Kauno diena , 2009 m. balandžio 25 d., 15 psl. [1]
  2. ↑ Siaurasis traukinėlis jau panaikintas // Lietuvos žinios , 1935 m. rugpjūčio 1 d. No. 173 (4856), 7 psl. [2]
  3. ↑ Ar naikinti Kauno saurąjį verežinkelį? // Lietuvos žinios, 1933 m. lapkričio 6 d. No. 252 (4342), 5 psl. [3]