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{{Short description|Passenger train}}
{{other uses|Sibiryak (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Sibirjak-01.JPG|thumb|right|Logo of ''Sibirjak'']]
[[File:Railion 189 030; Sibirjak-02.jpg|thumb|right|Class 189 locomotive in Berlin Zoologischer Garten station]]
[[File:Sibirjak-03.JPG|thumb|right|Passenger car in Berlin Zoologischer Garten station]]
[[File:Transib Novosibirsk.jpg|thumb|right|[[Novosibirsk Glavnyj Vokzal]]]]
[[File:Berlin Zoo Station at night 2.JPG|thumb|right|[[Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station|Berlin Zoologischer Garten]]]]

'''''Sibiryak'''''{{efn|{{lang-rus|Сибиряк|p=sʲɪbʲɪˈrʲak}}, lit. 'a Siberian [person]'}} ({{IPAc-en|s|ɪ|b|ɪə|ˈ|j|æ|k}} {{respell|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&nbsp;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]],<ref name="hiddeneurope.co.uk">Hidden Europe, Letter from Europe: From Berlin to Siberia, 2013. http://www.hiddeneurope.co.uk/from-berlin-to-siberia</ref> but it was available in their search engine.

==Overview==
The train, which departed from [[Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station|Berlin Zoologischer Garten]] station, and stopped also at [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof]]<ref>Berliner main railway station</ref> and [[Berlin Ostbahnhof]], ran through [[Poland]] and [[Belarus]], serving [[Warsaw]] and [[Minsk]]. In the Belarusian capital the train was divided into branches: ''[[Siberia]]n'' (4 branches), ''Southern'' (3 branches), and one to [[Saint Petersburg|St.Petersburg]]. The total number of destinations was eight: [[Novosibirsk]], [[Saint Petersburg|St.Petersburg]], [[Moscow]], [[Kazan]], [[Chelyabinsk]], [[Ufa]], [[Nur-Sultan]] (in [[Kazakhstan]]) and [[Adlersky City District|Adler]], a city in the suburbs of [[Sochi]].<br>
The train was scheduled to arrive in Berlin every Saturday at 09:12 and to leave again at 15:16.

Until the early 2000s the train had departed from [[Berlin-Lichtenberg station]]. From 2008 it periodically changed its ''Berliner'' route,<ref>Some saturdays on Summer</ref> stopping again at Lichtenberg and ending at [[Berlin-Gesundbrunnen station|Gesundbrunnen station]].

==Routes==

===Scheme===
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! style="background:#efefef;" | Endpoints
! style="background:#efefef;" | Main cities traversed
! style="background:#efefef;" | km
! style="background:#efefef;" | Duration<ref>Period calculated in hh:mm</ref>
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| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Saint Petersburg|St.Petersburg]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Vitebsk]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2,284 || style="text-align:center;"| 36:12<ref>Berlin-St.Petersburg periodical train</ref>
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Moscow]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Smolensk]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1,978 || style="text-align:center;"| 28:40<ref>Berlin-Moscow train ran every day, only on saturday on ''Sibirjak''</ref>
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Novosibirsk]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Smolensk]]-<br>[[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]]-[[Nizhny Novgorod|N.Novgorod]]-[[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]]-[[Perm, Russia|Perm]]<ref name=a>Periodically the "Berlin-Novosibirsk" route, and so the "Berlin-Chelyabinsk", served [[Kazan]] (in a different line from Vladimir to Yekaterinburg), excluding Novgorod, Kirov and Perm</ref>-<br>[[Yekaterinburg]]-[[Tyumen]]-[[Omsk]] || style="text-align:center;"| 5,130 || style="text-align:center;"| 89:18
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Chelyabinsk]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Smolensk]]-<br>[[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]]-[[Nizhny Novgorod|N.Novgorod]]-[[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]]-[[Perm, Russia|Perm]]<ref name=a />-[[Yekaterinburg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 3,892 || style="text-align:center;"| 72:28
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Kazan]]'''<ref>Periodically "Berlin-Nizhny Novgorod", when the route to Novosibirsk ran through Kazan</ref> || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-<br>[[Smolensk]]-[[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]]-[[Nizhny Novgorod|N.Novgorod]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2,836 || style="text-align:center;"| 50:54
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Ufa]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Smolensk]]-<br>[[Ryazan]]-[[Tambov]]-[[Saratov]]-[[Samara, Russia|Samara]] || style="text-align:center;"| 3,871 || style="text-align:center;"| 72:06
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Astana]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Smolensk]]-<br>[[Ryazan]]-[[Tambov]]-[[Saratov]]-[[Oral, Kazakhstan|Uralsk]]-[[Orenburg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 4,300 || style="text-align:center;"| 99:15
|-
| '''[[Berlin]] - [[Adlersky City District|Adler]]''' || style="text-align:center;"| [[Poznań]]-[[Warsaw]]-[[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]-[[Minsk]]-[[Smolensk]]-<br>[[Ryazan]]-[[Voronezh]]-[[Rostov-on-Don|Rostov]]-[[Krasnodar]]-[[Sochi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 3,643 || style="text-align:center;"| 63:58
|}
|}

===Description===
The train ran on a common route from Berlin Zoologischer Garten to [[Minsk Passazhirsky]], through [[Poznań]] ([[Poznań Main railway station|Dworzec Główny]] station), [[Warsaw]] ([[Warszawa Centralna railway station|Centralna]] and [[Warszawa Wschodnia railway station|Wschodnia]]), [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] ([[Brest Tsentralnaya railway station|Tsentralnaya]]) and [[Baranovichi]] ([[Baranovichi Tsentralnaya railway station|Tsentralnaya]]). Other stops were in [[Rzepin]], [[Łuków]] and [[Terespol]]. From Minsk to [[Orsha]] the train was separated into 3 branches through [[Zhodzina]] and [[Barysaw]].<ref name=b>{{in lang|de}} [http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/traininfo.exe/dn/400749/532278/877656/305245/81?ld=web05&seqnr=3&ident=1l.01629166.1289765028&date=20.11.10&station_evaId=8011160&station_type=dep&journeyStartIdx=1&journeyEndIdx=46&backLink=tp& Consulted timetable] on the [[Austrian Federal Railways|ÖBB]] website</ref>
*'''Berlin - St. Petersburg:''' This was a periodic train running, from Orsha, to [[Vitebsk]] and through [[Pskov Oblast]]. Its terminal in Saint Petersburg was at [[Vitebsky Rail Terminal|Vitebskaya station]].
*'''Berlin - Moscow:''' This train worked daily as part of the [[Amsterdam]]-Moscow [[EuroNight]]. On Saturdays, as part of ''Sibirjak'', it reached [[Smolensk]], [[Vyazma]] and ended at [[Belorussky Rail Terminal|Moskva Belorusskaya station]].
*'''Berlin - Novosibirsk:''' This was the longest route of ''Sibirjak'' as for km. From Vyazma to [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]] it bypassed Moscow reaching [[Nizhny Novgorod]], [[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]], [[Perm, Russia|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.<ref name=b />
*'''Berlin - Kazan:''' At [[Nizhny Novgorod station]] some detached [[Passenger car (rail)|coaches]] served Kazan. Periodically it happened that the Berlin-Novosibirsk ran through the [[Tatarstan|Tatar]] capital excluding Novgorod from the main Siberian route.<ref name=b /> When the train was scheduled to this line (Vladimir-Kazan-Yekaterinburg) it was guaranteed a service of wagons from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod.
*'''Berlin - Cheljabinsk:''' At [[Yekaterinburg Glavny Vokzal|Yekaterinburg]] station some detached coaches served [[Chelyabinsk]]. The only stop was at [[Kamensk-Uralsky]].
*'''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, Russia|Samara]], [[Buguruslan]] and ended at [[Ufa Station]].
*'''Berlin - Astana:''' After the long stop in Saratov the train entered in [[Kazakhstan]] at [[Oral, Kazakhstan|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 - Adler:''' After the stop in Michurinsk the train travelled to southern Russia following the line of the [[Don River (Russia)|Don River]]. It passed [[Liski, Voronezh Oblast|Liski]], [[Voronezh]], [[Rostov-on-Don|Rostov]], [[Novocherkassk]], [[Krasnodar]], reaching the [[Black Sea]] coast in [[Tuapse]]. It continued to [[Sochi]] and the neighbouring town of [[Adlersky City District|Adler]], close to the borders with [[Abkhazia]], breakaway republic from [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
There were some plans to extend the service to [[Baku]]. {{Citation needed|date=November 2014}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Railways}}
*[[Trans-Siberian Railway]]
*[[List of named passenger trains of Europe]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://home.att.ne.jp/gold/railplan/NZ/001-D-Nacht-1249-113.html Map of ''Sibirjak'']
*[http://www.trans-sib.de/Photo/Other/train11.jpg Photo of ''Sibirjak'']
*[https://knop-reisen.de/transsib/ Routes of ''Sibirjak'']
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