1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Sibiryak[a] (/sɪbɪərˈjæk/sib-eer-YAK) was a passenger train which linked
Berlin to some of main routes and cities of
Russia. The
train passed through
Germany,
Poland,
Belarus,
Russia and
Kazakhstan, partly traveling on the
Trans-Siberian Railway. With 5,130 km from Berlin to
Novosibirsk it was the longest route of any that depart from a station within the
European Union. The train service was discontinued with effect from 14 December 2013, due to lack of demand. The line was not actively promoted to potential customers by the
Deutsche Bahn,[2] but it was available in their search engine.
Until the early 2000s the train had departed from
Berlin-Lichtenberg station. From 2008 it periodically changed its Berliner route,[4] stopping again at Lichtenberg and ending at
Gesundbrunnen station.
Berlin - St. Petersburg: This was a periodic train running, from Orsha, to
Vitebsk and through
Pskov Oblast. Its terminal in Saint Petersburg was at
Vitebskaya station.
Berlin - Novosibirsk: This was the longest route of Sibirjak as for km. From Vyazma to
Vladimir it bypassed Moscow reaching
Nizhny Novgorod,
Kirov,
Perm and
Yekaterinburg. After this city the train entered in Central
Siberia through
Tyumen and
Omsk and ended at
Novosibirsk Glavny Vokzal. Periodically the train ran, from Vladimir to Yekaterinburg, through
Kazan, excluding Novgorod, Kirov and Perm.[10]
Berlin - Kazan: At
Nizhny Novgorod station some detached
coaches served Kazan. Periodically it happened that the Berlin-Novosibirsk ran through the
Tatar capital excluding Novgorod from the main Siberian route.[10] When the train was scheduled to this line (Vladimir-Kazan-Yekaterinburg) it was guaranteed a service of wagons from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod.
Berlin - Ufa: After Minsk and Smolensk, the train reached
Ryazan and
Michurinsk. Here the coaches to Adler were separated from the rest of the train. The train continued through
Tambov,
Rtishchevo and
Saratov. At this station, after the detachment of the coaches to Astana and a long stop of 7 hours, the train continued to
Samara,
Buguruslan and ended at
Ufa Station.
Berlin - Astana: After the long stop in Saratov the train entered in
Kazakhstan at
Oral. After the stop it entered again in
Russia reaching
Orenburg,
Orsk and
Kartaly, at Russian-Kazakh frontier. It ended at
Astana station, 99 hours after its departure from Berlin. This was a periodic service.
^Berlin-Moscow train ran every day, only on saturday on Sibirjak
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abPeriodically the "Berlin-Novosibirsk" route, and so the "Berlin-Chelyabinsk", served
Kazan (in a different line from Vladimir to Yekaterinburg), excluding Novgorod, Kirov and Perm
^Periodically "Berlin-Nizhny Novgorod", when the route to Novosibirsk ran through Kazan