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
^ 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
