Mockava

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|subdivision_name2 = 20px Marijampolė County

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|subdivision_name3 = Kalvarija Municipality

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Mockava is a village in Lithuania six km from the border with Poland. The Mockava Railway Station is located northeast of Mockava in the village of {{ill|Zelionka (Būdvietis)|lt=Zelionka|lt|Zelionka (Būdvietis)}}.

According to the 2011 census, the population of Mockava was 59.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_09.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}

Transport

File:Mockava, IC Hańcza, 630MiL-004.jpg

The Rail Baltica project runs through the area. A break-of-gauge facility at Mockava allows rolling stock to be exchanged between the European standard gauge, {{Track gauge|1435mm|comma=off}}, and the {{Track gauge|1520mm|comma=off}} gauge of former satellite states of the Soviet Union. To speed up though traffic, a track-gauge changing facility operates, which includes the SUW 2000 variable gauge axle system that allows fitted trains to pass through the break of gauge at walking pace.

= Railway station =

Mockava railway station is a railway station east of Mockava, in the village of Zelionka, in southwestern Lithuania. It is served by the Polish State Railways's Mockava-Suwałki railway line.{{cite web |title=Mockava |url=https://www.stops.lt/traukiniai/#stop/id20540 |website=www.stops.lt |access-date=31 January 2025}} This station is built at the end of a dual-gauge track between Mockava and Šeštokai, which supports both Lithuania's Russian gauge and Poland's standard gauge.

== History ==

In 1997, a liquefied gas transfer terminal was introduced at the Mockava station, and in 1999, a bogie exchange machine was installed. {{cite journal |title=Lietuvos geležinkeliai: nepriklausomo darbo dešimtmetis (1991–2001). |journal=Leidybos centras |date=2001 |pages=43-44 |location=Vilnius}}

On 23 July 2007, a plaque was unveiled at the station marking the launch of the EU-supported Rail Baltica project.{{cite web |title=Stotis, kurioje nestoja traukiniai |url=https://www.punskas.pl/straipsniai/stotis-kurioje-nestoja-traukiniai/ |website=Punskas |access-date=31 January 2025 |language=lt-LT |date=11 April 2019}} Finally, on 11 December 2022, for the first time, the international Kraków-Vilnius InterCity train stopped at Mockava station.{{cite web |title=Pierwszy od lat pociąg PKP Intercity dotarł na Litwę [zdjęcia] |url=https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/mobile/pierwszy-od-lat-pociag-pkp-intercity-dotarl-na-litwe-zdjecia-111115.html |website=www.rynek-kolejowy.pl |access-date=31 January 2025 |date=12 December 2022}}

{{adjacent stations|system1=LTG Link|line1=Vilnius—Warsaw—Kraków |through-left1=Poland via transfer to PKP Intercity train|right1=Marijampolė

|system2=PKP Intercity|line2=IC|left2=Trakiszki|to-left2=Kraków Główny}}

References

Category:Villages in Marijampolė County