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Žaliakalnio funiculair
Built in 1931.

​Upper station: Aušros str. 6
Lower station: Putvinskio str. close to Laisves av.
Žaliakalnio railway funiculair first opened on the 8th of August, 1931. Lower station was built in 1935. Two new coaches  were installed during reconstruction in 1937 and work until now. The funiculair was renewed in 2003.

Length between stations  - 150m, one coach can  carry up to 25 persons, travel time 1,5 min.
Ticket office is in upper station.
The funiculair is included into the Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic of Lithuania .
How to find: from Laisves av. go A. Mickevčiaus street  until V. Putvinskio street.

Working hours : I - V 07:00 - 19:00, VI - VII 09:00 - 19:00.
Aleksotas funiculair
Built in 1935:
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Upper station: Amerikos lietuvių str.6
Lower station: Veiverių str..

Aleksoto railway funiculair officially opened on the 6th December, 1935.
​There are left
all the equipment, stations, coaches  originally made.
Length between stations  - 132m, one coach can carry up to 25 persons, travel time approx.1 min.
The funiculair is included into the Registry of Immovable Cultural Heritage Sites of the Republic of Lithuania .
How to find: from Old town go to Nemunas river direction, follow through Vytautas The Great bridge. .


Working hours : daily 
07:00 - 19:00 .
Lunch break: 13:00-14:00. Tariff: 0.7 EUR/person




Close to Žaliakalnio funiculair upper station:  ​                   
Kaunas our Lord Jesus Christ's Resurrection Basilica
​You also can visit the terrace on the roof of the church     

Close to Aleksoto funiculairs upper station:
Kaunas old town panorama 
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Close to  Žaliakalnio  funiculair lower station:

Laisvės av. (5min walking)
Devil's museum  (5 min walking)
V. Putvinskio g. 64
VYTAUTAS THE GREAT WAR MUSEUM (5 min walking)
K. Donelaičio g. 64

M. K. Čurlionis National Museum of Art  (5 min walking)
Close to Aleksoto  funiculair lower station:

Old town (5 min walking)
Vytautas The Great church
Vytautas The Great bridge
​Nemunas river/city view



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