making passenger through traffic from Berlin possible.
Regional trains depart from Kaliningrad Severny, the former K�nigsberg Nordbahnhof, which is situated on Victory Square, the current city center. Trains depart to Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk and also once a day to Sovetsk. The lines to the north and northwest have been electrified. Many local pre-war lines have been broken up or are no longer in use, also because the new border with Poland completely disrupted the former traffic flows.
In 1881, the K�nigsberg tramway was opened, and it still functions to this day. In 1975, a trolleybus system was also introduced
