The Kaliningrad railway is an important part of transport links throughout the Kaliningrad region. At the moment, it exists as a branch of Russian Railways. As a separate unit was formed in 1992, after the collapse of the Baltic railway. The corresponding decree was issued by the Federal Council of Ministers. Management of the road is located in Kaliningrad, at the address: Kievskaya street, house 1.
History
The history of the Kaliningrad Railway dates back to the distant 1939. It was then that this section of railway communication appeared on the territory of East Prussia.
After the Great Patriotic War, part of East Prussia, in particular the territory in which the Kaliningrad Region is now located, passed to the USSR.
The integration of German railways with the Soviet began in 1946. Almost all local railway lines, especially those that went to neighboring Poland, were dismantled. In all other sections of the railway, the lines were changed to the Russian gauge, which, as you know, differs from the European one since tsarist times.
Before the Kaliningrad Railway became a branch of Russian Railways, there was a Kaliningrad branch of the railway. Periodically, it was part of the Lithuanian Railways (for two periods - from 1946 to 1953 and from 1956 to 1963). Between these two periods, the Kaliningrad road was part of the Baltic. And from 1963, and even up to the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was part of the Baltic Railways.
Features
At the same time, without exception, all sections of the Kaliningrad Railway did not change. The exception was the sections that provided transport links between the region and neighboring countries.
Moreover, one such site has survived to this day. Until recently, a train Kaliningrad - Gdynia - Berlin ran along a railway gauge with a width of 1435 millimeters, as in Europe. The composition did not change the track. Recently, this route has been canceled.
Railway borders
Since the Kaliningrad region is the only one in Russia that does not border any other domestic region, the railway connection is special here.
The Kaliningrad Railway, whose borders coincide with the state borders of neighboring countries, is in contact with two border railway sections.
These are Lithuanian railways. They are located on the routes from Sovetsk to Pagegyai and from Chernyshevsky to Kibartai. And also the Polish state railways - on the site from Mamonovo to Braniewo. There is one path on it, the ruts on which are different.
Passenger message
Only two lines are electrified throughout the Kaliningrad region. The railway equipped them for suburban traffic in the region of the regional center. Moreover, the region has as many as two locomotive depots. One of them is located in Kaliningrad, and the other is in the east of the region, in Chernyakhovsk.
The Kaliningrad railway, the length of which is more than 1800 kilometers, provides a rich suburban connection.
So, in the main Baltic resort of the Amber Region - the city of Svetlogorsk - six pairs of trains leave daily. The same number of daily runs between Zelenogradsk and Kaliningrad. There is another railway line in the direction of the Baltic Sea - this is Zelenograd - Pionersky. Every day two or three pairs of electric trains work on it.
In other directions, suburban traffic is provided much less frequently. So, one train per day leaves for Baltiysk, and then only on weekdays. The same situation with trains in Strelnya and Chernyakhovsk.
One train per day, regardless of the red days of the calendar, travels to Sovetsk. One more - to Mamonov. But on weekends, his route is reduced to Ladushkin.
Stations of the Kaliningrad Road
An extensive network in the region has the Kaliningrad Railway. Stations are in all directions. In total, taking into account the railway platforms, several dozen. The largest are located in Kaliningrad, Svetlogorsk, Zelenogradsk, Pionersky, Sovetsk and Baltiysk.
But there are also quite large stations in smaller settlements. These are Bagrationovsk, Gvardeysk, Guryevsk-Novy, Gusev, Zheleznodorozhny, Znamensk, Ladushkin, Mamonovo, Nesterov, Polessk, Chernyakhovsk and Yantarny.
True, not all of these stations are currently operational. For example, in Yantarny railroad tracks have not been used for several years due to low profitability. Which, of course, is reflected in the economic development of the urban district, its tourism potential.
