Mockava

Mockava
Village
Mockava
Location of Mockava
Coordinates: 54°18′30″N 23°18′20″E / 54.30833°N 23.30556°E / 54.30833; 23.30556Coordinates: 54°18′30″N 23°18′20″E / 54.30833°N 23.30556°E / 54.30833; 23.30556
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Suvalkija
County Marijampolė County
Municipality Kalvarija Municipality
Eldership Sangrūda Eldership
Population (2011)
  Total 59
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Mockava is a village and railway station in Lithuania on the border with Poland. According to the 2011 census, its population was 59.[1]

Transport

Rail Baltica is running through the area. There is a break of gauge where the railway systems of the two countries meet. To speed up though traffic, a track gauge changing facility of the SUW 2000 variable gauge axle system has been installed to allow fitted trains to pass through the break of gauge at walking pace.

References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 19, 2017.



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