Lithuania



Conclusion

Lithuania is moving ahead with railway reforms and significant improvements have been observed due to commercial management of the process. Since 2001, LG revenues have risen by 93 percent, freight modal share improved by 9.0 percentage points, investment in assets rose by 360 percent, and operational productivity has improved across the board. Lithuania Railways’ current strategy focuses on improving infrastructure to enhance interoperability with EU railway networks. The EU Community Strategic Guidelines prioritizes “the most important infrastructures for international traffic, bearing in mind the general objectives of the cohesion of the continent of Europe, modal balance, interoperability and the reduction of bottlenecks.”169 Thus, EU Cohesion Funds, Europe’s Regional Development Funds, and Structural Funds are the primary sources of funding for transport infrastructure development in Lithuania.

    





















169 Country Report Lithuania, “Study on Strategic Evaluation on Transport Investment Priorities under Structural and Cohesion funds for the Programming Period 2007-2013,”(European Commission, 2006)
 
 
Copyright ©  The World Bank. All Rights Reserved.