Due to construction work the D 1249 from Berlin to Saratov is redirected to his "original" station Berlin-Lichtenberg. The train consists of three new-painted RzD sleeping-cars WLABm, followed by each one through car to Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Omsk and Novosibirsk. The train is connected with D 441 to Kyiv, which consists of only three WLABm sleeper to Kyiv, but no through cars. Picture taken: 08.10.2011 Photy by: Martin Latsch #martin.latsch@gmx.de