RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN ZONE AND BREST

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 4, 2001
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• Publication Date: July 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Railroad Passenger Traffic
90ren the Russian. Zone and Brest
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14 Ti,e followini; fast trains roan to Brest (S i3/;.`: 67) on a daily
schedule: (1)
U 2, Berlin - Brest, leaves Frankfurt/Oder 12:46 p.m?
1) 1, Brest -- Be_ lin, arrives ffrankfurt/Odor 6:50' a.m.
(the "Blue Express" for Soviet soldiers 6oin4 on leave)
RU 42, Frankfurt/Oder Brest, leaves 4 P.m.
RU 41, Brest - rrankfurt/Oiler, arrives 3.3 p.m.
a. Ourin ; heavy traffic in these directions rue Soviet Control
Commission will order the running of two additional trains,
RU 1~2 A and RU 41 A.
Until the end of March, Soviet trains RU 42 and RU 41 were operated by
Column 1,' stationed in Frankfurt/Oder. German personnel and
German locomotives of the 01 series %,.ere omployed for this
traffic.
After the transfer of Soviet Column 1,-:,42 from Karlshorst (ii 53/
Z 94) to Brest the two RU trains are scheduled to be operated
b, the Soviet column. In connection with change of procedure,
the F"!Inkfurt/Oder railroad station has been ordered to deliver
the locomotives of Column No 1 to the Soviets. These locorno-
tives are `oinf, to be stationed at Brost, which means that
Frankfurt/Odor will lose its last locomotives of .,he 01 series,
Pnd fast train locomotives will no longer be available,(2)
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Cawnent:
(1) The organization of Soviet personnel traffic between the
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Soviet tone of Genr:any ane.. the Soviet Union via the trans-
fer point of irest is confiraed by vario:is reports.
(2) fhe transfer of nil -)oviet passenger traffic to Soviet
Colwnn NoGl+42 wuich was transferred to Frest, appears cred:i-
`ole a (3) ftic loc ar,otive, of the w1 series are lieav y dub-/
passenger train 1:;comotiios particularly suited for fast
trains. It remains to to seen .hhether the deactivation of
:L~ocokotive ~,oluaui .1wel v All also affect the ,.ersom ei of Lais
coJ uznl or i nether it will be restrict, .;d to Lne transfer of
locomotives. It is :,-:isc, still undetermined whether or noi,
the reported measure ?.:-. L1 be the be inrdin , oi' a reor a.A2 ation
or rufiuction in the nu .ber of Gcnian locomotive colmins opera-
for the Soviets. (4)
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