Kaunas Intermodal Terminal is a railway
intermodal container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from sh ...
s terminal in
Kaunas
Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Tra ...
,
Lithuania. Terminal is located next to the
Palemonas railway station
The Palemonids were a legendary dynasty of Grand Dukes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The legend was born in the 15th or 16th century as proof that Lithuanians and the Grand Duchy are of Roman origins. Already Jan Długosz (1415–1480) wrote ...
.
History
Location of the terminal was selected due
Rail Baltica
Rail Baltica (also known as Rail Baltic in Estonia) is a high-speed railway under construction between Warsaw, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeship ...
railway project in Kaunas. The total estimated cost of the project is 87.6 million
Lt. Terminal officially opened on 26 May 2015.
Capacity
Annual loading capacity is 55,000
TEU.
Kaunas Intermodal Terminal
/ref> It is second biggest intermodal terminal in the country after Vilnius Intermodal Terminal.
References
External links
Official presentationLithuanian Intermodal Centers
Transport in Kaunas
2015 establishments in Lithuania
Container terminals
Dry ports
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