Kaliningrad Railway
{{Short description|Russian transport company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox rail
|railroad_name = {{lang|ru-Latn|Kaliningrad Railway}}
Калининградская железная дорога
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|system_map = Kaliningrad_RZD_2019.png
|map_caption = Scheme of passenger railway lines in Kaliningrad Oblast
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|image = Kaliningrad 05-2017 img36 South railway station.jpg
|image_size = 220px
|image_caption = Kaliningrad Railway station is the biggest on the railway.
|locale = Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
|start_year = 1992
|end_year = present
|predecessor_line = Pribaltic Railway (USSR)
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|gauge = {{RailGauge|1435mm}}, {{RailGauge|1520mm}}
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|hq_city = Kaliningrad
|website = [http://kzd.rzd.ru/ Press here]
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Kaliningrad Railway ({{langx|ru|link=no|Калининградская железная дорога}}) is the smallest subsidiary of the Russian Railways by route length (618 km) and differs from other Russian railways in having a string of standard gauge lines.
Main information
The railway is headquartered in Kaliningrad. Most lines were built by the Prussian Eastern Railway before the Second World War. The railway terminal in Kaliningrad, currently known as Yuzhny Vokzal, was opened in 1929 as Königsberg Hauptbahnhof. It was separated from the Pribaltic Railway after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1992.
File:Map Калининградская железная дорога 2020-04-13.svg
Two lines are electrified and are used by commuter EMU traffic.
File:Kaliningrad_railway_electrification_osm_2016.svg
Many railways that did exist before World war 2 were closed down after the war. Most remaining railways were rebuilt from standard gauge to Russian gauge. The exception is the railway from Kaliningrad towards Mamonovo and Elblag in Poland, which has one track of each gauge.
External links
{{Portal|Railways}}
- {{Official website|http://kzd.rzd.ru/}}
{{Russia-rail-transport-stub}}
{{Russian Railways}}
Category:Companies based in Kaliningrad
Category:Rail transport in Kaliningrad Oblast
Category:Railway lines in Russia