Belarusian Railway
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Headquarters | Minsk |
Locale | Belarus |
Dates of operation | 1992–present |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) |
Length | 5,491 km (3,412 mi) |
Other | |
Website | www |
Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка (БЧ) / Biełaruskaja čyhunka, Russian: Белорусская железная дорога)[note 1] is the national state-owned railway company of Belarus. It operates all of the rail transport network in Belarus. As of 2005, the railway employs 112,173 people.
Overview
The company, formed in 1992 after the
Minsk Terminal, the central station of the capital.[citation needed
]
BCh reports to the
Rolling stock
- Electric locomotives
- Diesel locomotives
- M62, TE10, 2TE116, TEP60, TEP70, ChME3; Co'Co' diesel electric locomotives
- TGK2; two-axle diesel shunter
- Passenger multiple units
- DR1; diesel multiple unit
- ER9, Stadler FLIRT (EPg, EPr, EPm); electric multiple units
- DP1, DP3, DP6 Pesa; diesel multiple unit for Minsk-Vilnius services.[4]
Stations
International sanctions
Belarusian Railway was included in the sanctions lists of Canada in November 2022 and Ukraine in January 2023, respectively.[5] Canada also blacklisted Vladimir Morozov, the head of Belarusian Railway, as later did the European Union, Switzerland, Ukraine and Australia.[6]
Gallery
See also
- Minsk Railway station
- Rail transport in Belarus
Notes
References
- ^ Яўген ВАЛОШЫН (29 January 2011), "Як папулярызуюць родную мову на Беларускай чыгунцы?", news.tut.by (in Belarusian), archived from the original on 25 April 2021, retrieved 30 January 2012
- ^ Общие сведения, www.rw.by (in Russian), Belarusian Railway, archived from the original on 5 May 2010
- ^ БЕЛОРУССКАЯ ЖЕЛЕЗНАЯ ДОРОГА: Отделения дороги, www.rw.by (in Russian), Belarusian Railway, archived from the original on 26 May 2010
- ^ Schedule and search for tickets
- National Agency for Prevention of Corruption.
- ^ "MOROZOV Vladimir Mikhailovich". National Agency on Corruption Prevention.
External links
- Белорусская железная дорога [Belarusian Railways] (in Russian, English, and German), official website