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==Braniewo PKP - Mamonowo RŽD (- Kaliningrad)==
==Braniewo PKP - Mamonowo RŽD (- Kaliningrad)==
[D] Mainly two parallel single-tracks, see RU13/01 for details of the different approaches to Kaliningrad. The 1435mm gauge line was used by a seasonal Berlin – Gdynia – Kaliningrad passenger service until it ceased running during 2012. In July 2013 cross border freight was seen to be running on both gauges but the exact end of the RŽD 1520mm gauge track in Poland is not known although it is definitely out of use from some point just south of Braniewo to Bogaczewo. RŽD works all BG cross border freight, and prior to the 2012 regular passenger closure PKP worked to Mamonowo RŽD, with a RŽD standard gauge M62 diesel to and from Kaliningrad. The limited ongoing charters have been observed using PKP SM42's right through to Kaliningrad.
[D] Mainly two parallel single-tracks, but see RU17/01 for details of the different approaches to Kaliningrad and the 1435mm gauge line was used by a seasonal Berlin – Gdynia – Kaliningrad passenger service until it ceased running during 2012. The exact end of the RŽD 1520mm gauge track in Poland is not known although it is definitely out of use from some point just south of Braniewo to Bogaczewo but cross border freight was seen to be running on both gauges in July 2013.
 
RŽD works all BG cross border freight, and on the SG, prior to the 2012 passenger closure PKP worked to Mamonowo RŽD, with a RŽD standard gauge M62 diesel to and from Kaliningrad. Since then the limited ongoing charters have been observed using PKP SM42's right through to Kaliningrad so what works the SG freight in Russia is not known.
 
A Test train bookable by the public was run between Kaliningrad and Gdynia via a change of train at Braniewo [i.e. the RŽD DMU worked across the Border on the Broad Gauge] on 5 January 2018. Press coverage suggests this may be related to running cross border trains during the Football World Cup in June 2018 as Kaliningrad will host four Group matches on 16/22/25/28 June 2018.


==Bartoszyce PKP - Bagrationovsk RŽD (- Kaliningrad)==
==Bartoszyce PKP - Bagrationovsk RŽD (- Kaliningrad)==

Revision as of 22:03, 8 January 2018

All the crossings below are with the detached territory of the Kaliningrad Oblast. Note that there is either a one hour or two hour time difference between Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast as the Oblast, being part of Russia, is on permanent Summer Time.

Braniewo PKP - Mamonowo RŽD (- Kaliningrad)

[D] Mainly two parallel single-tracks, but see RU17/01 for details of the different approaches to Kaliningrad and the 1435mm gauge line was used by a seasonal Berlin – Gdynia – Kaliningrad passenger service until it ceased running during 2012. The exact end of the RŽD 1520mm gauge track in Poland is not known although it is definitely out of use from some point just south of Braniewo to Bogaczewo but cross border freight was seen to be running on both gauges in July 2013.

RŽD works all BG cross border freight, and on the SG, prior to the 2012 passenger closure PKP worked to Mamonowo RŽD, with a RŽD standard gauge M62 diesel to and from Kaliningrad. Since then the limited ongoing charters have been observed using PKP SM42's right through to Kaliningrad so what works the SG freight in Russia is not known.

A Test train bookable by the public was run between Kaliningrad and Gdynia via a change of train at Braniewo [i.e. the RŽD DMU worked across the Border on the Broad Gauge] on 5 January 2018. Press coverage suggests this may be related to running cross border trains during the Football World Cup in June 2018 as Kaliningrad will host four Group matches on 16/22/25/28 June 2018.

Bartoszyce PKP - Bagrationovsk RŽD (- Kaliningrad)

[D] Disused freight only line. 1435mm gauge track is severed just north of Bagrationovsk, 1520mm gauge tracks reached a factory just north of Bartoszyce (interlaced with the 1435mm gauge track). There has been no traffic on either gauge to the north of Bartoszyce since at least 1998, although an enthusiasts special managed to reach the Border on the standard gauge tracks in May 2003.

Skandawa PKP - Zheleznodorozhny RŽD

[D] Freight only. PKP works on 1435mm gauge to Zheleznodorozhny with standard gauge RŽD diesels onwards to the exchange sidings to the south of Chernyakhovsk. In Poland 1520mm gauge extends to exchange sidings to the north and east of Skandawa station with a connecting standard gauge branch. Viewed in May 2003, no traffic crosses the border on the broad gauge.

See also