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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
This list is based on timetable information posted on line as at December 2019 but it should be noted that their is no overall timetable revision date, each line can be issued separately. Standard abbreviations used are explained in [[General Information]]. For details of recent history, please refer to [[Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) - General Information|Kaliningrad Oblast General Information]].
This list is based on timetable information posted on line as at 1 January 2022 but it should be noted there is no overall timetable revision date, each line can be issued separately. {{Standard Abbreviations}} For details of recent history, please refer to [[Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) - General Information|Kaliningrad Oblast General Information]].


Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). References prefixed "ERA" refer to the European Railway Atlas Baltic States, Belarus & Ukraine, Regional Series 2016, by M.G.Ball.
Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). Map references relate to the M.G. Ball 2020 European Railway Atlas Enthusiasts Edition [ERA-E] ISBN: 978-1-9161212-9-4 and the Baltic-Belarus-Ukraine Regional version [ERA-R] ISBN: 978-1-9997875-3-0.


==Obscure services==
==Obscure services==
===[Braniewo PKP] – Mamonovo – Kaliningrad===
===[Braniewo PKP] – Mamonovo – Kaliningrad===
[1] (ERA 251B1-A1; ''75C5'') RU19/1
(ERA-E 115C1 ERA-R 251B1) RU22/1


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.
Broad and standard gauge tracks run parallel from Poland until just north of Golubevo and then passenger services take different routes into Kaliningrad. The standard gauge track heads east with an interlaced Broad gauge freight only track to join the line to/from Bagrationovsk near the closed station named simply ''6km'' to enter Kaliningrad South station from the east, whereas the Broad gauge RZD passenger service runs via and calls at Kaliningrad Kievskaya to arrive into the same station from the west. The daily standard gauge service between Gdansk and Kaliningrad was discontinued in 2012 although occasional charters from Germany still run.


Two pairs of test services ran on the Broad Gauge Border crossing to Braniewo on 5 January 2018, allegedly prior to limited trains running during the football World Cup in June 2018 but this never happened.
Two pairs of test services ran on the Broad Gauge Border cross border to Braniewo on 5 January 2018, if this was a test prior to limited trains running during the football World Cup in June 2018 none ran.


===Kaliningrad Passazersky south to north avoiding line: Kaliningrad Kievskaya – Kaliningrad Severniy===
===Kaliningrad Passazersky south to north avoiding line: Kaliningrad Kievskaya – Kaliningrad Severniy===
(ERA 251A2; ''75C5'') RU18/2
(ERA-E 115C1 ERA-R 251A2) RU22/2


A Peak Hours shuttle service believed to have been introduced in November 2015 from a station on the Mamonowo line running direct to Kaliningrad Severniy or beyond avoiding Kaliningrad Passazersky. News items claim this service is proving to be very successful with additional departures added on 1 June 2017. In November 2019 one outbound only service to the Sovetsk line was also introduced so please check these links for the latest timings [http://www.kppk39.ru/index.php/29-raspisanie-dvizheniya-prigorodnykh-poezdov-soobshcheniem-o-p-kievskaya-severnyj-vokzal Shuttles] [http://kppk39.ru/index.php/raspisanie/kaliningrad-sovetsk Sovetsk line]
A Peak Hours shuttle service avoiding the main station at Kaliningrad Passazersky was in operation by April 2014 from a station on the Mamonowo line to Kaliningrad Severniy [closer to city centre]. This has increased over years so in 2021/22 is now 5 pairs SSuX. From 2020 this service was finally allocated its own [http://kppk39.ru/index.php/raspisanie/kaliningrad-svetlogorsk-cherez-zelenogradsk-kaliningrad-zelenogradsk timetable page].
 
Maps show the junction to/from the avoiding line [and main yards] at the south end of the River Pregolya bridge is grade separated but an April 2014 traveller advises his trains in both direction used the eastern side track to go underneath the main line so '''reports of the route taken now would be appreciated by the Compilers'''.


===Kaliningrad Passazersky west to north avoiding line: Zapadnij Noviy – Kaliningrad Severniy===
===Kaliningrad Passazersky west to north avoiding line: Zapadnij Noviy – Kaliningrad Severniy===
(ERA 251A2; ''75C5'') RU18/3
(ERA 251A2; ''75C5'') RU22/3
 
No service in timetable dated 12 December 2021 via this curve allowing trains from the Baltiysk line to avoid Kaliningrad Passazersky and proceed directly to Kaliningrad Severniy.


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, then no service since at least the PDF dated 1 October 2016 but resumed again wef 9 January 2017. Also used on 2017 Navy Day Sunday, see RU18/5 below. Timings are from a timetable dated 1 November 2019.
One train towards Kaliningrad SSuX used this curve in July 2013, then no service since at least the PDF dated 1 October 2016 until resuming wef 9 January 2017 until some time in 2020. This curve may be used on Navy Day Sunday, see RU22/5 below.
{|  class="ostable"
|
| SSuX
| ''6422''
| Shipovka/Шиповка - 08:51 [Kaliningrad] Western New/Западный Новый - Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный
|
|-
|
| SSuX
| ''6425''
| 18:22 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный  - Shipovka/Шиповка
|}


===Kaliningrad Severniy High level platforms===
===Kaliningrad Severniy High level platforms===
(ERA 251A2, not shown; ''75C5'') RU18/4
(ERA-E 115B1 ERA-R 251A2, not shown) RU22/4


Most services are through to/from Kaliningrad Passazersky and call at a single track platform at a lower level from the following which use a different approach route and terminate/start from High level platforms. Use increased from 1 July 2018 following introduction of new EMU's but were subsequently reduced and reduced again in October 2019.
Most services are through to/from Kaliningrad Passazersky and call at a single track platform at a lower level whereas those listed here use a different approach and terminate/start from High level platforms. Use increased from 1 July 2018 following introduction of new EMU's but were subsequently reduced. Timings as at 13 December 2020.


{|  class="ostable"
{|  class="ostable"
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| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''6355''
| ''6355''
| Polessk/Полесск - 07:07 Kutuzovo New/Кутузово Новое - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный  
| Guryevsk-Novy/Гурьевск Новый - 07:07 Kutuzovo New/Кутузово Новое - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный  
|
|
|-
|-
|  
|  
| SSuX
| ''6752''
| Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап - 08:06 Selma O.P./О.п. Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
|
|-
|
| SSuX
| SSuX
| ''7242''
| ''7242''
| Svetlogorsk 2/Светлогорск 2- 08:31 Chkalovsk/Чкаловск - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный  
| Svetlogorsk 2/Светлогорск 2 - 08:31 Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный  
|
|
|-
|-
|}
===(Kaliningrad – Primorsk Noviyy –) 39 Km – Baltiysk===
(ERA 251A1; ''115B1'') RU18/5
The entries listed here are those that ran additionally on Sunday 30 July 2017 for Navy Day, [the last Sunday in July each year] as the public is allegedly able to visit Baltiysk, the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet on this day. Baltiysk became a closed town after WWII with access forbidden to foreigners without a permit with checks undertaken at a platform named 39 Km, about 8 km north of Baltiysk where travellers without one have been known to be ejected from the train. By 30 July 2017 the number of special services had reduced from five pairs to three but note the normal scheduled service only runs daily from the Baltiysk end. Note that two of the 2017 Navy Day outbound services run via or from Kaliningrad North and ran via above entry RU18/3 :
{|  class="ostable"
|  
|  
| Daily
| ''6834''
| Zelenogradsk Novyy/Светлогорск 2 - 10:14 Kutuzovo New/Зеленоградск - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
|
|-
|  
|  
| ''6421''
| Daily
| 07:05 Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ЮЖНЫЙ – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК
| ''7212''
| Svetlogorsk 2/Светлогорск 2 - 15:52 Selma O.P./О.п. Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
|
|-
|-
|  
|  
|  
| SSuX
| ''6423''
| ''7220''
| 07:40 Kaliningrad North/КАЛИНИНГРАД-Северный – Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК
| Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап - 20:15 Selma O.P./О.п. Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный  
|
|-
|-
|  
|
|  
| SSuX
| ''6425''
| ''6358''
| 08:20 Kaliningrad /КАЛИНИНГРАД ЮЖНЫЙ – via 08:45 Kaliningrad North/КАЛИНИНГРАД-Северный - Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК
| 07:26 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - Guryevsk-Novy/Гурьевск Новый
|
|-
|-
|  
|
|  
| SSuX
| ''6422''
| ''6703''
| 14:00 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ
| 08:42 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап
|
|-
|-
|  
|  
|  
| Daily
| ''6424''
| ''7215''
| 16:00 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ
| 16:44 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - Svetlogorsk-2/Светлогорск-2
|
|-
|-
|  
|
|  
| SSuX
| ''6426''
| ''7217''
| 18:30 Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК – Kaliningrad/КАЛИНИНГРАД ПАСС ЮЖНЫЙ
| 17:17 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - vetlogorsk-2/Светлогорск-2
|
|-
|-
|}
|}
===(Kaliningrad – Primorsk Noviyy –) 39 Km – Baltiysk===
(ERA-E 115B1-C1 251A2-A1) RU22/5
In 2021/22 there is only a SSuX scheduled pair run from the Baltiysk end but as Baltiysk is the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet it became a closed town after WWII with access forbidden to foreigners. As it is known that identity checks are undertaken at a platform named 39 Km, [about 8 km from Baltiysk] and travellers without a visitors permit ejected from the train, the entries listed here are those that ran additionally from Kaliningrad on Sunday 25 July 2021 for Navy Day, [the last Sunday in July each year] when allegedly the general public is able to visit Baltiysk.
In 2017 two of the Navy Day services ran via or from Kaliningrad North and entry RU22/3 but that was not the case in 2019 and it is not thought the event went ahead in 2020. [http://kppk39.ru/index.php/press-tsentr/izmeneniya-v-raspisanii News item link]
In 2021 the departures were all from Kaliningrad South/КАЛИНИНГРАД Южного at 08:10 to Shipkova/Шиповка, 12:30 & 13:10 to Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК, all returning from Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК at 14:25, 16:25 & 18:00 to Kaliningrad South/КАЛИНИНГРАД Южного.
===Zelenogradsk avoider===
(ERA-E 115B1 ERA-R 251A2) RU22/6
No service shown in 1 January 2022 timetable. This followed one pair SSuX from 13 December 2020 running via the curve, the first use for a number of years as usually all Kaliningrad - Zelenogradsk - Pionerskiy Kurort - Svetlogorsk services run via and reverse in Zelenogradsk-Novy station. The pair were actually highlighted in the timetable as not calling at Zelenogradsk.


==Other sparse services==
==Other sparse services==
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{|  class="osstable2"
{|  class="osstable2"
| 1
| 1
| Kaliningrad Passazersky – Mamonowo
| Kaliningrad Passazersky – Mamonowo: 1½ pairs SSuX 2½ SSuO
|-
|-
| 14
| 14
| Kaliningrad-Severnyj – Sovetsk
| Kaliningrad-Severnyj – Sovetsk: 1 train daily from Sovetsk, to Sovetsk SX
|-
|-
| 19
| 19
| Kaliningrad Passazersky - Baltiysk
| Kaliningrad Passazersky - Baltiysk: 1 pair from Baltiysk end SSuX
|-
|-
| 21
| 21
| Kaliningrad Passazersky - Strelnya Novaya
| Kaliningrad Passazersky – Bagrationovsk : 1 pair daily, totally different times at weekends but all worked from Bagrationovsk end
|-
|-
| ?
| Cherniahovsk – Lithuanian Border : 2 pairs of International Trains, Moscow daily, St Peterburg 3/4 times a week, or Adler 3 times a week on alternating days
|}
|}


==Deletions since last edition==
==Deletions since last edition==
{| width="100%"
{| class="osstable3"
| None
Obscure Services
| ?
| Zelenogradsk Nowy - Pionersky Kurort
| Increased to 3 pairs 2021/22
|-
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Russia]]
 
*[[Russia - General Information]]
{{Navbox Russia}}
*[[Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) - General Information]]


[[Category:Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]
[[Category:Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]]

Latest revision as of 16:13, 18 February 2024

Introduction

This list is based on timetable information posted on line as at 1 January 2022 but it should be noted there is no overall timetable revision date, each line can be issued separately. Standard abbreviations are explained here. For details of recent history, please refer to Kaliningrad Oblast General Information.

Map references for each route entry are given in parentheses ( ). Map references relate to the M.G. Ball 2020 European Railway Atlas Enthusiasts Edition [ERA-E] ISBN: 978-1-9161212-9-4 and the Baltic-Belarus-Ukraine Regional version [ERA-R] ISBN: 978-1-9997875-3-0.

Obscure services

[Braniewo PKP] – Mamonovo – Kaliningrad

(ERA-E 115C1 ERA-R 251B1) RU22/1

Broad and standard gauge tracks run parallel from Poland until just north of Golubevo and then passenger services take different routes into Kaliningrad. The standard gauge track heads east with an interlaced Broad gauge freight only track to join the line to/from Bagrationovsk near the closed station named simply 6km to enter Kaliningrad South station from the east, whereas the Broad gauge RZD passenger service runs via and calls at Kaliningrad Kievskaya to arrive into the same station from the west. The daily standard gauge service between Gdansk and Kaliningrad was discontinued in 2012 although occasional charters from Germany still run.

Two pairs of test services ran on the Broad Gauge Border cross border to Braniewo on 5 January 2018, if this was a test prior to limited trains running during the football World Cup in June 2018 none ran.

Kaliningrad Passazersky south to north avoiding line: Kaliningrad Kievskaya – Kaliningrad Severniy

(ERA-E 115C1 ERA-R 251A2) RU22/2

A Peak Hours shuttle service avoiding the main station at Kaliningrad Passazersky was in operation by April 2014 from a station on the Mamonowo line to Kaliningrad Severniy [closer to city centre]. This has increased over years so in 2021/22 is now 5 pairs SSuX. From 2020 this service was finally allocated its own timetable page.

Maps show the junction to/from the avoiding line [and main yards] at the south end of the River Pregolya bridge is grade separated but an April 2014 traveller advises his trains in both direction used the eastern side track to go underneath the main line so reports of the route taken now would be appreciated by the Compilers.

Kaliningrad Passazersky west to north avoiding line: Zapadnij Noviy – Kaliningrad Severniy

(ERA 251A2; 75C5) RU22/3

No service in timetable dated 12 December 2021 via this curve allowing trains from the Baltiysk line to avoid Kaliningrad Passazersky and proceed directly to Kaliningrad Severniy.

One train towards Kaliningrad SSuX used this curve in July 2013, then no service since at least the PDF dated 1 October 2016 until resuming wef 9 January 2017 until some time in 2020. This curve may be used on Navy Day Sunday, see RU22/5 below.

Kaliningrad Severniy High level platforms

(ERA-E 115B1 ERA-R 251A2, not shown) RU22/4

Most services are through to/from Kaliningrad Passazersky and call at a single track platform at a lower level whereas those listed here use a different approach and terminate/start from High level platforms. Use increased from 1 July 2018 following introduction of new EMU's but were subsequently reduced. Timings as at 13 December 2020.

SSuX 6355 Guryevsk-Novy/Гурьевск Новый - 07:07 Kutuzovo New/Кутузово Новое - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
SSuX 6752 Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап - 08:06 Selma O.P./О.п. Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
SSuX 7242 Svetlogorsk 2/Светлогорск 2 - 08:31 Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
Daily 6834 Zelenogradsk Novyy/Светлогорск 2 - 10:14 Kutuzovo New/Зеленоградск - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
Daily 7212 Svetlogorsk 2/Светлогорск 2 - 15:52 Selma O.P./О.п. Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
SSuX 7220 Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап - 20:15 Selma O.P./О.п. Сельма - Kaliningrad Severniy/Калининград Северный
SSuX 6358 07:26 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - Guryevsk-Novy/Гурьевск Новый
SSuX 6703 08:42 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - Chkalovsk-Zap./Чкаловск-Зап
Daily 7215 16:44 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - Svetlogorsk-2/Светлогорск-2
SSuX 7217 17:17 Kaliningrad North [Severniy]/Калининград Северный - vetlogorsk-2/Светлогорск-2

(Kaliningrad – Primorsk Noviyy –) 39 Km – Baltiysk

(ERA-E 115B1-C1 251A2-A1) RU22/5

In 2021/22 there is only a SSuX scheduled pair run from the Baltiysk end but as Baltiysk is the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet it became a closed town after WWII with access forbidden to foreigners. As it is known that identity checks are undertaken at a platform named 39 Km, [about 8 km from Baltiysk] and travellers without a visitors permit ejected from the train, the entries listed here are those that ran additionally from Kaliningrad on Sunday 25 July 2021 for Navy Day, [the last Sunday in July each year] when allegedly the general public is able to visit Baltiysk.

In 2017 two of the Navy Day services ran via or from Kaliningrad North and entry RU22/3 but that was not the case in 2019 and it is not thought the event went ahead in 2020. News item link

In 2021 the departures were all from Kaliningrad South/КАЛИНИНГРАД Южного at 08:10 to Shipkova/Шиповка, 12:30 & 13:10 to Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК, all returning from Baltiysk/БАЛТИЙСК at 14:25, 16:25 & 18:00 to Kaliningrad South/КАЛИНИНГРАД Южного.

Zelenogradsk avoider

(ERA-E 115B1 ERA-R 251A2) RU22/6

No service shown in 1 January 2022 timetable. This followed one pair SSuX from 13 December 2020 running via the curve, the first use for a number of years as usually all Kaliningrad - Zelenogradsk - Pionerskiy Kurort - Svetlogorsk services run via and reverse in Zelenogradsk-Novy station. The pair were actually highlighted in the timetable as not calling at Zelenogradsk.

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: 1½ pairs SSuX 2½ SSuO
14 Kaliningrad-Severnyj – Sovetsk: 1 train daily from Sovetsk, to Sovetsk SX
19 Kaliningrad Passazersky - Baltiysk: 1 pair from Baltiysk end SSuX
21 Kaliningrad Passazersky – Bagrationovsk : 1 pair daily, totally different times at weekends but all worked from Bagrationovsk end
? Cherniahovsk – Lithuanian Border : 2 pairs of International Trains, Moscow daily, St Peterburg 3/4 times a week, or Adler 3 times a week on alternating days

Deletions since last edition

Obscure Services
? Zelenogradsk Nowy - Pionersky Kurort Increased to 3 pairs 2021/22

See also