Šeštokai

Šeštokai
Town
Šeštokai Railway Station
Coat of arms
Šeštokai Location of Šeštokai
Coordinates: 54°22′0″N 23°26′0″E / 54.36667°N 23.43333°E / 54.36667; 23.43333Coordinates: 54°22′0″N 23°26′0″E / 54.36667°N 23.43333°E / 54.36667; 23.43333
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Alytus County
Municipality	Lazdijai District Municipality
Eldership	Šeštokai Eldership
Capital of	Šeštokai Eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	686
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Šeštokai is a small town in southern Lithuania.

Railway junction[]

It is a transshipment hub and railway junction, serving the break-of-gauge between the 1435 mm line from Poland and the Lithuanian network, which uses 1520 mm. Rail Baltica is set to bring standard gauge all the way to Kaunas, and beyond to Latvia and Estonia. An intermediate phase, sometimes called Rail Baltica I, already brought a single 1435 mm track along the existing line to Kaunas, enabling direct trains between Kaunas and Poland.