Vilnius Public Transport Explained (2022)

UPDATE: A NEWER VIDEO HAS REPLACED THIS ONE. You can find it here: A Guide To VILNIUS Public Transport (2024-2025)

Visiting Vilnius or new to living in the city? Here's a video in English covering the basics on how the Vilnius public transportation system works!

00:00 Introduction
00:45 How to get tickets/paying for rides
02:38 Activating tickets for rides
03:47 Ticket checks/enforcement
04:24 A note on the Trafi App

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[konstantinasnavardauskas]

Trafi is definitely the way to go! Ticket system + option comparison between public transit, carsharing and taxi. I've left my Vilnius cards at home :)

[markpowell]

A great piece of work for visitors and newcomers. Thank you!

[hannahshipman]

I will be sharing this with my students (Vilniečiai) who have their own cars, so hardly ever use buses. One guy last took public transport in Vilnius in around 1987 and had no idea how to buy a ticket! :)

[Motassem.K]

Thank you so freaking much for this video and your channel, perfect timing as I'm moving to Vilnius soon!

[TomCaptures]

Thanks for that video ! I've been in Vilnius for a year and never took the time to figure out how the buses work ! I'd recommend making a video for the Cyclocity once the winter is over because it has been really confusing at times

[chamonix_sun]

Thank you very much, indeed! Highly informative and extremely helpful!!!

[madhvikashyap]

Laba Diana… I am new in Vilnius ..this information is going to be very helpful for me.. thank you…🙂

[huuishuu]

With the new system & the Trafi update (such as that you now need a minimum purchase of 5 euros, or around 8x 30 min tickets with no discount), I think this video warrants a second part discussing on what's changed.

[remyaditya]

Well explained. Would love to have a close up of the actual video of the ticket machine when you activate and buy a ticket.
Also what happens if I buy a 30 min ticket but by mistake I over stay in a bus ?

[LithuaniaExplained]

UPDATE: A NEWER VIDEO HAS REPLACED THIS ONE. You can find it here: A Guide To VILNIUS Public Transport (2024-2025)

[k.klaidas]

Please make a video about transport in Kaunas. You could also do how to get from the airport to the city centre. Keep up the good work :) 🇱🇹

[superrouter]

The public transport system has changed now. There 3-4 more smaller buses. They are the 117, 118, and the 119. The new ticket validators work a lot better now, and you can now have multiple ticket types.

[naniabroad]

Wow you compiled that into a very clear and short video, great job! This would have been amazingly useful when I was abroad. in Vilnius!
I just uploaded my own take on it, do you mind if I link yours in the desciption? I think you actually explain it better than me, but I only just now found yours.

[heavenbound]

Just subbed bc you make great informational videos. Thanks

[Motassem.K]

m.ticket is now available on iPhones too :)

Thank you so much for the video

[katerina]

Great video! Thank you! I tried to download Trafi for android, however it doesn't show me Vilnius for some reason 😅 but it's possible to use through browsers! Would love to find out about some more apps that could be useful in Lithuania! :)

[BubblesZest]

So say if I have a 5 day Vilniecio Kortele, do I have only have to validate it everytime I get on a bus, cause surely a thing like that shouldn't need topping up at all?

[krubzbubz]

you are underated! anyways, I recently went to "akropolis" (the big store) in vilnius with my friend. after we had an awesome time, he got on one bus, and I got on the other. I thought that i'll wait a couple of stops (bad idea) till this big guy comes off the bus so I can get my card out to activate the ticket. after a couple of stops, I see that the yellow checker machine says that it was paused or something (idk I don't remember), I didn't think anything of it until the "kontrolė" comes onto the bus, my heart started pumping like crazy, I didn't even have anymore money to pay the fine, so I just hoped for the best. I don't know why, but they didn't check the middle of the bus (where I was at) so I wasn't fined or anything. I did activate the ticket after they left. (sorry for the long story)

[sergeyd]

Using trafi doesn't guarantee you that you'll be fine on ticket check/enforcement. I was recently had to pay fare 8 euro. Controllers entered 2 stops after I had entered transport and activated ticket via trafi. They told that 3 mins after activation are an indicator that I'm an unfair transport user. As if I predicted they'll check me after 2 stops.
After rough research, I found that it is a known issue with trafi or mTicket. From now I'm considering using plastic card to avoid such cases in the future. Not sure I'll get back already bought tickets in traffi to plastic card.

[whitemartini]

is there any student discount? and if there is how do i get it?