Naujoji Vilnia railway station

Naujoji Vilnia railway station (Lithuanian: Naujosios Vilnios geležinkelio stotis) is a Lithuanian Railways station in Vilnius. The station was built around 1860.

Naujoji Vilnia railway station
Memorial of deportations to Siberia near railway station

The station was built during the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway expansion. In 1940-1941 the Soviet government did mass deportation to Siberia from Naujoji Vilnia railway station.[1]

It is used mainly by industry, but it also organizes commercial passengers trips to Kaunas, Trakai, Ignalina, Kena and Turmantas.[2]

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