There weren’t any cheap flights from Vilnius, nor indeed any cheap hotels, so I decided to splash out just over £8 on a first class rail ticket from Vilnius to Kaunas to fly back from there.

Despite ongoing maintenance, this was a clean and organised railway station.

The station hall.

Um, decoration.

Signage says they’re doing something exciting here soon. Perhaps it’ll be a Greggs.

My ticket got me free access into the VIP lounge.

Very smart.

This is a rail network on top of its game…..

There were snacks and drinks available on a self-service basis which were keenly priced.

There was a meeting room and private toilets available in the lounge.

My train was the 18:47.

There’s the rather glorious double decker train.

You could reserve seats for free when booking, so I went for the one with the table on the left. The carriage remained quiet and no-one sat opposite me.

The table on the opposite side to me. There was also wi-fi and a power point for every seat, all clean and comfortable.

An old locomotive at Vilnius.

There was an early ticket check and everyone in First was given a bottle of water which was handy. There was also a buffet downstairs if customers wanted to buy any food or drink.

Stations en route.

And safely in Kaunas.

For the money, this was excellent value and everything worked as it should. The journey took around 75 minutes and was entirely stress-free, it’s made me want to return to Lithuania to visit all of the major cities in the country by train. Very lovely.