Public transportation in Lithuania is buses and shuttle buses. There are trolleybuses in Vilnius and Kaunas. There is a small train between Vilnius station and the international airport once an hour. The fare is only 0.50 EUR. Schedules can be found on the Lithuanian Railways website.
There are G express buses that stop only at major stops. Public transportation operates from 05:00 to 23:00 or midnight. There are also night buses in Kaunas and Vilnius.
In Vilnius and Kaunas, the main way to pay for a fare is with a plastic card. They are called Vilniecio Kortele and Druskininkai e-ticket respectively. Single-use paper tickets are also valid. Plastic cards are sold in supermarkets, newsstands, airports, train and bus stations. The price of the card is 1.50 EUR. In Kaunas there is one tariff, for half an hour, the price is 0.58 EUR. In Vilnius there are half-hour and hourly tariffs for 0.64 EUR and 0.93 EUR respectively.
On the card you can put either the exact amount for the trip, during the trip the amount is deducted automatically, or any amount of money. In this case, you can choose the duration of the trip on the validator screen. The plastic card allows you to make transfers from one route to another, as well as from one mode of transportation to another, but only during a selected period of time. Only one person can travel on one card.
Paper tickets can be bought from the driver. In Vilnius such a ticket costs 1 EUR, in Kaunas - 0.70 EUR. This ticket gives the right to travel on one route without transfers. The cost of a cab in Vilnius is 1 EUR, in Kaunas - 0.90 EUR.
Travel tickets are also available. In Vilnius a ticket for 24 hours costs 3.48 EUR, for three days - 6.08 EUR, for 10 days - 11.87 EUR, for one month - 28.98 EUR. The countdown starts from the first trip.
Fines in Lithuania are serious. Penalty for fare dodging and exceeding the travel time - from 11.60 to 29 EUR. If the travel time is exceeded by 10 minutes or less, you are lucky and will not be fined.
You can also travel around Lithuania by train, although it is not so convenient. For example, there is a line from Lentvaris to Trakai, which is the smallest electrified line in the Baltics with a length of only 9 km and one intermediate stop.
