The Aukštaitijos narrow gauge railway (Lithuanian Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis for highlands narrow gauge railway) is a 68.4 kilometres (42.5 mi) long tourist train from Panevėžys to Rubikiai in Lithuania with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The narrow gauge railway was built from 1891 with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The first section was completed on 11 November 1895 from Švenčionėliai to Pastovai and extended in 1898 up to Panevėžys. Regular passenger and goods traffic commenced in autumn 1899. Initially, there were 2 depots, 14 stations, 15 locomotives, 58 passenger carriages of various types, 6 postal carriages as well as 112 covered and 154 open goods waggons. In 1903 approximately 65,000 tons of goods and 40,632 passengers were transported. Panevėžys became a regional centre during Lithuania's independence (1920-1938), and thus a lot of raw materials such as coal, oil, sand, salt and fertilizer were transported as well as agricultural produce such as flax, bacon, sugar, grain, flour and timber. More information...
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