Mockava is a village in Lithuania six km from the border with

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. The Mockava Railway Station is located northeast of Mockava in the village of Zelionka. According to the 2011 census, the population of Mockava was 59.

Transport

The

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project runs through the area. A break-of-gauge facility at Mockava allows

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to be exchanged between the European standard gauge, , and the gauge of former

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s of the

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. To speed up though traffic, a track-gauge changing facility operates, which includes the

SUW 2000 SUW 2000 is a Polish variable gauge system that allows trains to cross a break of gauge. It is interoperable with the German Rafil Type V system (built by the Radsatzfabrik Ilsenburg). History The SUW 2000 system was designed by Ryszard Suwalski. ...

variable gauge axle A variable gauge system allows railway vehicles in a train to travel across a break of gauge between two railway networks with different track gauges. For through operation, a train must be equipped with special bogies holding variable gauge ...

system that allows fitted trains to pass through the break of gauge at walking pace.

References

Villages in Marijampolė County {{MarijampolėCounty-geo-stub