Prussian Eastern Railway

Prussian Eastern Railway
Prussian Eastern Railway
	Headquarters of the Prussian Eastern Railway in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Overview
Native name	Preußische Ostbahn
Owner	DB Netz (Germany); PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (Poland) ; Russian Railways (Russia)
Line number	6006 (Berlin–Strausberg); 6078 (Berlin–Kostrzyn); 203 (Kostrzyn–Tczew); 9 (Tczew–Malbork); 204 (Malbork–Mamonovo);
Locale	Kingdom of Prussia
Termini	Berlin; Eydtkuhnen (Chernyshevskoye);
Service
Route number	200.5 (Berlin–Strausberg); 209.26 (Berlin–Kostrzyn); 345 (Kostrzyn–Piła); 426 (Piła Gł–Tczew); 400& (Tczew–Malbork); 505 (Malbork–Braniewo);
Operator(s)	S-Bahn Berlin; Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn; Polregio; TLK; Kaliningrad Railway (RZhD)
Technical
Line length	724.3 km (450.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge ; (Berlin–Kaliningrad); 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge; (Braniewo–Kybartai);
Electrification	(Berlin S-Bahn) 750 V DC; (Tczew–Malbork) 3 kV; (Berlin main line) 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary;
Operating speed	100km/h (max)
Route map
Route map
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The Prussian Eastern Railway (German: Preußische Ostbahn) was a railway in the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany until 1918. Its main route, approximately 740 kilometers (460 mi) long, connected the capital, Berlin, with the cities of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia). At Eydtkuhnen (now Chernyshevskoye, Russia) it reached the German Empire's border with the Russian Empire. The first part of the line opened in 1851, reaching Eydtkuhnen in 1860. By March 1880 the total route length reached 2,210 kilometers (1,370 mi), with a main parallel route in the south via Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz, Poland) and Thorn (now Toruń, Poland) to Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk, Russia). The lines were the first part of the later Prussian State Railways (German: Preußische Staatseisenbahnen).