Research into possibilities of improving railway communication between Vilnius and Kaunas

Černiauskaitė, Laura; Sakalauskas, Kazys; Vanagas, Jurgis

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Research into possibilities of improving railway communication between Vilnius and Kaunas

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Publication Type (CRIS)

Straipsnis recenzuojamoje Lietuvos tarptautinės konferencijos medžiagoje / Article in peer-reviewed Lithuanian international conference proceedings (P1e)

Publication Type (eLABa)

Straipsnis recenzuotame konferencijos darbų leidinyje / Article published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings (P1d)

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Černiauskaitė, Laura	Kelių katedra / Department of Roads (0322)
Sakalauskas, Kazys	Kelių katedra / Department of Roads (0322)
Vanagas, Jurgis	Urbanistikos katedra / Department of Urban Design (0111)

Title

Research into possibilities of improving railway communication between Vilnius and Kaunas

[en]

L. Černiauskaitė, K. Sakalauskas, J. Vanagas

Is part of

Transporto priemonės - 2006 : 10-osios tarptautinės konferencijos pranešimų medžiaga. Kauno technologijos universitetas, Lietuva, 2006 m. spalio 19-20 d. / Kauno technologijos universitetas, Tarptautinės mašinų ir mechanizmų teorijos federacijos (IFToMM) Lietuvos nacionalinis komitetas, Autotransporto inžinierių susivienijimo (SAE) Lietuvos padalinys, Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Technikos mokslų skyrius, Klaipėdos universitetas, Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas

Published In

Year	Start Page	End Page
2006	79	87

Publisher

Kaunas : Technologija, 2006

Extent

p. 79-87

URI

URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14911/142602

Cited references

Science / Art Area

Technologijos mokslai / Technological sciences (T)

Field of Science / Art

Statybos inžinerija / Civil engineering (T002)

Keywords (en)

Abstract (en)

The article studies the possibilities for the enhancement of railway communication between Lithuania's two largest cities - Vilnius and Kaunas. Reviewing the political reasons and economic arguments behind the improvement of the transportation, it presents the theory of transport axle in the Vilnius-Kaunas dipole. Authors lay down arguments explaining why the transport axle should include a European-standard railway line like that of the Rail Baltica project. Two versions of building the European-standard railway line between Vilnius and Kaunas are proposed. Possibilities are discussed to modernize the existing railway line and adapt it to facilitate speeds for passenger train traffic up to 160 km/h. The article provides traction calculations, plans modernization works and calculates the investments required.