New Škoda trains to be transported to Latvia via road because of situation Ukraine
source: Skoda
32 electric passenger trains of manufacturer Škoda will have to be delivered to Latvia disassembled via road instead of rail, as the route from the plant in Czechia via Ukraine and Belarus to the Baltic country is no longer possible for the time being.
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Why via road?! According to my recent Rail Map of Europe there is rail connection from Czechia through Warsaw and Bialystok, Poland, into Lithuania and then to Latvia.
Two diffrent gauges.1435 mm on czech,poland and small bit in lithuania
And from there the remainder is on 1520mm .As well transport cost less on the road as it didnt need to be changed from one gauge to the other.
Finally the infrastructure is not to par to deliver such things weight limits, height limits ,etc. I assume that the map you have is either of Rail baltica which is construction stage or the map were is the railway in the suwalki gap between Suwalki and Kaunas