Kaliningrad – Sovetsk railway line

Kaliningrad – Sovetsk

Route map 1938

Course book range :

135q (1944)

Route length:

123.7 km

Gauge :

until 1947: 1435 mm
1520 mm

Legend

		from Bagrationovsk and from Chernyshevskoye
	0.0	Kaliningrad-Passashirsky
		also Juschny Woksal, formerly Königsberg (Pr) Hbf
		to Mamonowo

		( Königsberg Ostbahnhof ) (until 1929)
		Railway bridge and Reichsbahnbrücke over the Pregel
	1.7	( Königsberg-Holländerbaum ) (1929–1945)
		(Königsberg-Pillauer letter) (until 1929)
		to Baltiysk
		to Pillau
		of Baltiysk
	3.5	Kaliningrad-Severny (Koenigsberg North Station)
		( Königsberg-Mittelhufen )
	4.5	(Königsberg Nord Gbf)
		( Königsberg-Vorderhufen ) (until 1929)
		to Svetlogorsk
		from the Samland Railway

		(Königsberg-Tragheimer Palve) (until 1929)
	5.6	( Königsberg-Maraunenhof ) (1929–1945)
	7.3	Kutusowo-Novoje ( Königsberg-Rothenstein )
		to Zelenogradsk
		Freight route from the former cellulose combine ЦБК-1
	11.8	(Kleinheide)
		Guryevsk Center (since 2015)
		Connection of the former military airfield Neuhausen
	16.1	Gurjewsk-Novy (wedding ceremony)
	20.0	( Konradswalde )
	24.5	Bajewka 1 ( Kuggen ) former letter
	26th, 0	Bayevka 2
	31.6	Dobrino (Nautzken) former Bf.
	39.2	Slavjanskoje (Pronitten) former letter
	43.0	(Kuth)
	47.5	Polessk (Labiau)
	52.5	(Stellienen / Deimetal)
		Deima (Deime)
	54.7	Scholochowo (Schelecken / Schlicken) former Bf.
	56.9	( Permauern / Mauern ), until 1937: Laukischken
	59.2	Petino (Jorksdorf)
	63.7	Bogatowo (Szargillen / Schargillen / Eichenrode) former Bf.
	71.2	(Alt Sternberg)
	75.5	Salessje -Nowoje (Mehlauken / Liebenfelde) former letter .
	78.3	(Uszballen / Mühlenau)
	84.1	Bolschakowo -Nowoje (Groß Skaisgirren / Kreuzingen)
	92.2	Passage 298 km (formerly Hp. Wilhelmsbruch)
	102.8	Slavsk- Nowy (Heinrichswalde)
		Elk lowland railway to Karkeln / Kryszahnen / Seckenburg
	107.2	Schtscheglowka -Nowaja ( Fr.Bahnf . Great Britain / Brittania)
	112.4	Rschewskoje (Linkuhnen)
	115.5	( Alt Weynothen / Weinoten )
	118.5	Op 119 km (Tilsit Stadtheide)
		to Chernyakhovsk
		from Chernyakhovsk
		from Neman
	123.7	Sovetsk (Tilsit)
		to Pagėgiai

The Kaliningrad – Sovetsk (Koenigsberg – Tilsit) railway connects the two largest cities in Russia 's Kaliningrad Oblast .

history

The Wilhelmsbruch stop on a picture postcard sent in 1913

The line was completed in 1889 as the Prussian state railway line from Königsberg to Labiau and in 1891 to Tilsit. It was a branch line to the Prussian Eastern Railway Lines Königsberg – Insterburg and Insterburg – Tilsit. The trains initially ran from the Königsberg Ostbahnhof . Shortly before the First World War, in connection with the expansion of the railway systems in Tilsit, the route in front of the entrance to Tilsit was laid a little further south. With the formation of the Polish Corridor in 1920, the importance of the route increased. In the vernacular, however, the train to Tilsit was called “The raging Lithuanian” because of its leisurely driving style. In 1929 the direct connection between the new Königsberg main train station and Königsberg Nordbahnhof was established and the old section of the route that bypassed Königsberg in the west and north was broken off. In 1943 a junction to Insterburg was added shortly before Tilsit . After the Soviets took over the line , it was given the Russian broad gauge in 1947 .

Possibilities to change to small railways before 1945

In Konradswalde with the Königsberger Kleinbahn to Schaaksvitte , via Prawten to Königsberg-Königstor or to Tapiau
In Labiau with the Wehlau – Friedländer Kreisbahn to Tapiau
In Mehlauken / Liebenfelde with the Insterburger Kleinbahnen to Piplin / Timberhafen and to Insterburg
In Groß Skaisgirren / Kreuzingen with the Insterburger Kleinbahnen to Insterburg
In (Great) Brittania with the Elk Lowland Railway to Seckenburg and Karkeln

Web links

Timetable on www.kppk39.ru

Individual evidence

↑ German Südbahnhof , not to be confused with the Königsberg Südbahnhof that existed until 1929

↑ also Lizentbahnhof called

↑ Kilometers from Riga?

↑ RJ Müller: Von der Memelniederung und their Elchen in Ostdeutscher Naturwart, 4th year 1931/32, 5th issue, p. 212, online as downloadable from http://www.wmbc.olsztyn.pl/ [PDF file ; 36.65 MB]

[1] German Südbahnhof , not to be confused with the Königsberg Südbahnhof that existed until 1929

[2] so Lizentbahnhof called

[3] Kilometers from Riga?

[4] RJ Müller: Von der Memelniederung und their Elchen in Ostdeutscher Naturwart, 4th year 1931/32, 5th issue, p. 212, online as downloadable from http://www.wmbc.olsztyn.pl/ [PDF file ; 36.65 MB]