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Belarusskaja Železnaja Doroga
|infrastructure = |majoroperators = |ridership = |passkm = |statyear = |freight = |length = 5,512 km (3,425 mi) |doublelength = |ellength = 874 km (543 mi) |freightlength = ? |hslength = 0 km |gauge = 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) |hsgauge = |gauge1 = |gauge1length = |gauge2 = |gauge2length = |gauge3 = |gauge3length = |gauge4 = |gauge4length = |el = |el1 = 25 kV 50 Hz |el1length = Main network |el2 = |el2length = |el3 = |el3length = |notunnels = |tunnellength = |longesttunnel = |nobridges = |longestbridge = |nostations = |highelevation = |highelat = |lowelevation = |lowelat = |map = |}} Rail transport in
broad gauge
) and 874 km are electrified.

History

Main article: History of rail transport in Belarus

The first line crossing the country was the

Polatsk and further to Vitebsk. Line Warsaw-Brest, opened in 1866, completed to Moscow in 1871.[2]

Network

See also:
Belarusian Railways

Belarus is crossed, from Brest to Orsha through Minsk, by an international rail line connecting Berlin and Warsaw to Moscow. Other important lines are the Minsk-Gomel (to Kyiv), the Orsha-Vitebsk (to Saint Petersburg), the Minsk-Vilnius and others. Some international trains serving Belarus are the Pribaltika Riga-Odesa, the Minsk-Irkutsk[3] and the Sibirjak Berlin-Novosibirsk (and other Russian destinations).[4]

The national network has no high-speed lines and is not served by high-speed trains.

Urban railways

Electric trainsets in Orsha

Minsk is the only city with a subway system, the Minsk Metro. The network consists of three lines: Awtazavodskaya, Maskoŭskaja and Zelenaluzhskaya. The only cities with tramway systems are Minsk, Vitebsk, Mazyr and Novopolotsk.

Rail links to adjacent countries

  • (
    break-of-gauge
    1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
  • (Lithuania) – yes
  • (Latvia) – yes
  • (Russia) – yes
  • (Ukraine) – yes (closed)

See also

References

  1. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-08-30. Belarusian railway - Company - History
  2. ^ Some historical information about railways of Belarus
  3. ^ Timetable consulted on the DB website
  4. ^ Timetable consulted on the DB website

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