Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on timetable information available on line in November 2016. Standard abbreviations used are explained in General Information. For details of recent history, please refer to Kaliningrad Oblast General Information.
Obscure services
[Braniewo PKP] – Mamonovo – Kaliningrad
[1] (ERA 251B1-A1; 75C5) RU16/1
Broad and standard gauge tracks run parallel from Poland until just north of Golubevo and then take totally different routes into Kaliningrad. The standard gauge line heads east with an interlaced Broad gauge freight only track to join the line in from Bagrationovsk near the closed station named simply 6km to enter Kaliningrad South station from the east, whereas the Broad gauge passenger service runs via and calls at Kaliningrad Kievskaya to arrive into Kaliningrad South station from the west. The daily standard gauge service between Gdansk and Kaliningrad was discontinued in 2012 although occasional charters from Germany still run.
Kaliningrad Passazersky south to north avoiding line: Kaliningrad Kievskaya – Kaliningrad Severniy
(ERA 251A2; 75C5) RU16/2
Shuttle service believed to have been introduced in November 2015 from a station on the Mamonowo line running direct to Kaliningrad Severniy avoiding Kaliningrad Passazersky. Departures from Kaliningrad Kievskaya/О.п Киевская SSuX at 07:26,08:33,16:45 & 18:12 and from Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный SSuX at 08:00,09:04,17:30 & 18:40
Kaliningrad Passazersky west to north avoiding line: Zapadnij Noviy – Kaliningrad Severniy
(ERA 251A2; 75C5) RU16/3
This curve allows trains from the Baltiysk line to avoid Kaliningrad Passazersky and proceed directly to Kaliningrad Severniy. One train towards Kaliningrad SSuX service was travelling via this curve in July 2013, but no service in the PDF dated 1 October 2016
Kaliningrad Severniy High level platforms
(ERA 251A2, not shown; 75C5) RU16/4
Most services are through to/from Kaliningrad Passazersky and call at a single track platform at a lower level on the east side of Terminal platforms. The following use the different approach route and the High level platforms.
SSuX | 6900 | Pioneer Resort/Пионерский Курорт - 07:15 New Kutuzovo/Кутузово Новое - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный | ||
SSuX | 6752 | Chkalovsk/ Чкаловск - 08:06 OP Selma/О.п Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный | - | |
SSuX | 6751 | 07:36 Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный - Chkalovsk/ Чкаловск | ||
SSuX | 6753 | 08:35 Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный - Chkalovsk/ Чкаловск |
(Kaliningrad – Primorsk Noviyy –) 39 Km – Baltiysk
(ERA 251A1; 115B1) RU16/5
Baltiysk is the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and became a closed town after WWII: access was forbidden to foreigners or those without a permit. Access is still in principle only available to those with a permit with checks at a platform named 39 Km, about 8 km north of Baltiysk. As advised by a Guide in a July 2013 visit, the public was able to visit Baltiysk without a permit once a year on Navy Day, the last Sunday in July, considerably boosting the as at November 2016 service of one pair a day. In 2013, Navy Day fell on 28 July and the following trains were booked:
6401 | 08:00 Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК | ||
6422/6421 | Kutuzovo Novoye/КУТУЗОВО-НОВОЕ – 08:50 Kaliningrad Severniy/КАЛИНИНГРАД-СЕВ – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК | ||
6403 | 14:40 Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК | ||
6405 | 17:45 Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК | ||
5585 | 21:07 Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК | ||
6424 | 10:00 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ | ||
6426 | 13:10 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ | ||
6404 | 16:22 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ | ||
6406 | 19:10 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ | ||
6428 | 22:40 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ |
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than three trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run each weekday.
1 | Kaliningrad Passazersky – Mamonowo |
14 | Kaliningrad-Severnyj – Sovetsk |
19 | Kaliningrad Passazersky - Baltiysk |
21 | Kaliningrad Passazersky - Strelnya Novaya |
Deletions since last edition
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