Talk:Rail transport in Lithuania

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Did you know... that the railway network in Lithuania will have its first high-speed line by 2026?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:31, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Train near Vilnius

... that the railway network in Lithuania will have its first high-speed line by 2026? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Lithuania is expanding its railway network with the standard gauge lines? Source: [2]
- ALT2:... that the first railway line in Lithuania began operation in 1860? Source: [3]
- ALT3:... that the Lithuanian railway network was changed between the broad gauge and standard gauge several times in the history? Source: [4]

Comment: Self nomination; effectively a new article, but the page was already present as a redirect. A different image can be selected based on the preferred hook.

5x expanded by Mindaur (talk). Self-nominated at 13:54, 18 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Very nice work! Article is new enough, long enough, and within policy. All four hook facts are verifiable to the cited references and are an appropriate length. I have no opinion as to which hook should be selected and will leave that up to the discretion of the hook promoter. This article is ready to be promoted. I personally don't think the image is interesting, and its not really picturing anything specific in the hooks so I would skip the pic. 4meter4 (talk) 16:09, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! Any hook will do, but if they all seem good, then I'd stick with the first one. Mindaur (talk) 18:21, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P2

Error re. electric trams in Vilnius.[edit]

"Vilnius, however, briefly had electric tramway between 1924 and 1926."

This statement is not correct - and is not supported by the cited reference.

The 1924-1926 operation used old horse trams fitted with diesel engines. 90.190.248.95 (talk) 17:44, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

From the reference [5]: Self-propelled tram was indeed operating in Vilnius, but only on one line "Cathedral Square - Antakalnis (Smėlynė)" and it operated only in 1924-1926. It was launched by Pigutkovskis, an engineer from Vilnius and a member of the Vilnius city magistrate, who installed old diesel engines into the carriages of former wagonways. (my translation of the original: "Vilniuje iš tiesų veikė ir savaeigis tramvajus, bet tik vienoje linijoje „Katedros aikštė – Antakalnis (Smėlynė)“ ir veikė tik 1924-1926 metais. Jį paleido vilnietis inžinierius ir Vilniaus miesto magistrato narys Pigutkovskis, keliuose buvusių konkių vagonuose įrengęs senus dyzelinius vidaus degimo variklius.")

I fixed the statement that it was a diesel tramway (as opposed to electric) and clarified that there was a single line. Nevertheless, there was a tram. -- Mindaur (talk) 09:52, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]