The station certainly helps out those who walk across the border, but... There are only 4 trains to Vilnius with a transfer in Kaunas, about 7-10-13-16 hours. The schedule may change, but you won't leave in the evening. There is nothing at the station itself, just a building and rows of seats inside. No cash register, no water to drink. But the most terrible thing is the bridge that must be crossed over the tracks with suitcases, and back and forth. There is no elevator. There is a toilet in front of the entrance to the bridge from the side of the church
Of course, you can't let us out of the train to see the station, but unlike those places in Lithuania that we passed by train, the station looks decent, clean and well maintained.
From the train window, we admired the stunning Catholic church for an hour! Someday I will get off at the Kibartai station and will definitely enter it)
The checkpoint, an ordinary control for a train from the Russian Federation, is generally normal, looks beautiful, the border guards are friendly and kind, but a little dirty
I can only judge from the train window. The station is clean and tidy. The border guards are polite, speak Russian, and do not ask unnecessary questions. Everything is done quickly.
If you have a full-fledged visa, and not transit, then you can get off or board at the station
The first border station when crossing Lithuania by transit. The train is standing for a long time, because the border guard service bypasses the train. Clean, neat, there are no passengers on the platform. Not far from the station on one side is an Orthodox church, on the other side is a Lutheran church.
The border is the border and once again the border. It's stuffy, they don't let you out, there's not even a smoke break. But still, the territory is cleaned, the lawn is mowed
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Константин Курас
Level 18 Local Expert
December 20, 2023
So what should I say about her? They don't let us out, the border guards are not particularly friendly, although it happens the other way around, but in general, they don't really wait for us, just work...
I haven't been to the railway station. There is nothing to say. The road border crossing from Lithuania is good. They work quite quickly. The town of Kibartai is small, but cozy. Very clean. Lithuanian border guards also check on the train promptly. Polite. They don't ask unnecessary questions.
The border station between Lithuania and Russia. The transit train passes through border and customs control here. A church and an Orthodox church are visible here - they say that earlier, when all Orthodox churches were closed in the Kaliningrad region, all children were taken here for baptism..