Topic: Kaliningrad

Security concerns Lithuania to monitor Russian transit trains from the air

Lithuania is going to do helicopter surveillance on Russian transit trains. Moscow has to send trains through the country to reach its exclave Kaliningrad overland.…
impact of sanctions Russia launches rail ferries to Kaliningrad to bypass the Baltics

There are now rail ferries serving the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Rail wagons are put on ships to transport goods to and from Saint Petersburg.…
Sanctions Rail freight transit to Kaliningrad through Lithuania down by a third

Lithuanian rail freight transit to the Russian exclave Kaliningrad has shrunk by 30 per cent in 2024. The trend has prompted Russia to look for…
sanctions LTG Cargo deals with a rising number of attempts to evade sanctions

Attempts to circumvent Western sanctions on Russia and Belarus via rail through Lithuania grew exponentially between March and May. The Lithuanian national rail freight operator…
LTG Cargo sees freight volumes defy expectations amid sanction struggles

Lithuanian rail freight operator LTG Cargo transported 27.2 million tonnes of freight in 2023. Total volumes exceeded expectations by 2.5 million tonnes. In the difficult…
Russia fears rail blockade and builds rail ferries for Kaliningrad

Fear of a rail blockade is leading Russia to build three additional rail ferries for its Kaliningrad exclave. The country’s westernmost region is surrounded by…
Kaliningrad sees a 37.2% drop in rail volumes for the first half of 2023

Kaliningrad Railway (KZD), an RZD subsidiary, experienced a 37.2 per cent drop in freight volumes loading for the first half of 2023. Between January-June, the…
Fesco bypasses Lithuania with St. Petersburg-Kaliningrad sea services

Russian intermodal company Fesco has recently launched new sea services between St.Petersburg and Kaliningrad that allows them to avoid crossing Lithuania by rail. LTG Cargo,…

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LTG: more x-ray machines on the borders as smuggling investigation continues

LTG Infra and the Lithuanian Customs Office step up their attempts to control and restrict smuggling and sanction circumvention attempts via rail. In this context,…
LTG Cargo reduces Kaliningrad transit volumes in 2023

LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, is set to reduce rail-borne volumes transiting to and from Kaliningrad via Lithuania in 2023. The company,…
New express rail service delivers mail from Saint Petersburg to Kaliningrad

RZD and Russian Mail launched a special mail wagon to deliver parcels and letters from Saint Petersburg to Kaliningrad. Inhabitants of Kaliningrad will receive their…
RZD extends international and domestic discounts for 2023

Russian Railways (RZD) is extending to 2023 discounts for the transportation of various goods both internationally and domestically. The list of discounts was posted by…