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==Recent and future changes==
==Recent and future changes==
One train each way between Grodno/Гродна and Vilnius at weekends only was reintroduced on 6 June 2015, reopening the Benjakonī/Беняконі - Stasylos (Lithuania) border crossing.
One train each way between Grodno/Гродна and Vilnius at weekends only was reintroduced on 6 June 2015, reopening the Benjakonī/Беняконі - Stasylos (Lithuania) border crossing, but withdrawn after 8 November.


A Talgo gauge-changer has been installed at Brest station for use by the Moskva - Berlin (- Paris) service which should start in mid 2016; certification was expected in the first quarter of 2015.
A Talgo gauge-changer has been installed at Brest station for use by the Moskva - Berlin (- Paris) service which should start in mid 2016; certification was expected in the first quarter of 2015.

Revision as of 16:33, 8 November 2015

Country Name

Belarus (officially The Republic of Belarus) (Беларусь)

National railway system

  • Belarusian: BČ - Belaruskaja Čyhunka / БЧ - Беларуская Чыгунка
  • Russian: BŽD - Belorusskaja Železnaja Doroga / БЖД - Белорусская Железная Дорога

Official Website

http://www.rw.by/ (in Russian)

Language

Since a referendum in 1995, the country has had two official languages: Belarusian and Russian.

Currency

Belarusian ruble (BYR).

UIC code

numeric 21; alpha BLR.

Timetable

Journey Planner

None.

Downloadable Timetable

Passenger trains and regional lines

Commuter and City lines

Printed Timetable

None.

Engineering Information

None.

Maps

Printed Maps

Web-based Maps

Gauge

"Russian" gauge (1520mm)

Electrification

25kV 50Hz.

Rule of the road

Right.

Other railways

None.

Tourist lines

The narrow gauge K.S. Zaslonov Children's Railway is located in Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk.

Metro

Minsk.

Trams

Minsk, Vicebsk [Russian: Vitebsk], Mazyr, Novopolotsk.

Recent and future changes

One train each way between Grodno/Гродна and Vilnius at weekends only was reintroduced on 6 June 2015, reopening the Benjakonī/Беняконі - Stasylos (Lithuania) border crossing, but withdrawn after 8 November.

A Talgo gauge-changer has been installed at Brest station for use by the Moskva - Berlin (- Paris) service which should start in mid 2016; certification was expected in the first quarter of 2015.

The 72km line from Molodechno to Kena in Lithuania is to be electrified, which will eliminate diesel traction on services from Vilnius to Minsk

Special Notes

None.

See also