{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> |name = Mockava |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |pushpin_map =Lithuania |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Mockava |image_shield = |coordinates = {{coord|54|18|30|N|23|18|20|E|region:LT_type:city(92)|display=inline,title}} | |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{LTU}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Lithuania|Ethnographic region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Suvalkija]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Lithuania|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[File:Marijampole County flag.svg|20px]] [[Marijampolė County]] |subdivision_type3 = [[List of municipalities of Lithuania|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Kalvarija Municipality]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Elderships of Lithuania|Eldership]] |subdivision_name4 = Sangrūda Eldership |established_date = |established_title = |established_date2 = |established_title2= |population_total = 59 |population_as_of = 2011 |timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset=+2 |timezone_DST=[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST=+3 }}
'''Mockava''' is a village in [[Lithuania]] six kilometers 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_09.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
== Transport == [[File:Mockava, IC Hańcza, 630MiL-004.jpg|thumb|Mockava railway station.]] The [[Rail Baltica]] project runs through the area. A [[break of gauge|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 state#Post-World War II|satellite state]]s of the [[Soviet Union]]. To speed up through traffic, a [[Bogie exchange|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 ===
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'''Mockava railway station''' is a railway station east of Mockava, in the village of [[:lt:Zelionka (Būdvietis)|Zelionka]], in southwestern Lithuania. It is served by the [[Polish State Railways]]'s Mockava-[[Suwałki]] railway line.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mockava |url=https://www.stops.lt/traukiniai/#stop/id20540 |website=www.stops.lt |access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref> This station is built at the end of a [[Dual gauge|dual-gauge track]] between Mockava and [[Šeštokai]], which supports both Lithuania's [[5 ft and 1520 mm gauge railways|Russian gauge]] and Poland's [[Standard-gauge railway|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.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lietuvos geležinkeliai: nepriklausomo darbo dešimtmetis (1991–2001). |journal=Leidybos centras |date=2001 |pages=43–44 |location=[[Vilnius]]}}</ref>
On 23 July 2007, a plaque was unveiled at the station marking the launch of the [[European Union|EU]]-supported [[Rail Baltica]] project.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Finally, on 11 December 2022, for the first time, the international [[Kraków]]-[[Vilnius]] [[InterCity]] train stopped at Mockava station.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
{{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 == {{reflist}}
{{Marijampole County}}
[[Category:Villages in Marijampolė County]]
{{MarijampolėCounty-geo-stub}}