Rail transport in Belarus
| Belarus | |
|---|---|
| Operation | |
| National railway | Belarusskaja Železnaja Doroga |
| System length | |
| Total | 5,512 kilometres (3,425 mi) |
| Electrified | 874 kilometres (543 mi) |
| Freight only | ? |
| High-speed | 0 km |
| Track gauge | |
| Main | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) |
| Electrification | |
| 25 kV 50 Hz | Main network |
Rail transport in Belarus is owned by the national rail company BŽD / BČ (be: Bielaruskaja Čyhunka / ru: Belorusskaja Železnaja Doroga). The railway network consists of 5,512 km, its gauge is 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) (Russian broad gauge) and 874 km are electrified.
The first line crossing the country was the Saint Petersburg – Warsaw Railway, which started operating in late 1862. This included section and railway station in Hrodna. During mid 1860's railway line was built also from Daugavpils to Polatsk and further to Vitebsk. Line Warsaw-Brest, opened in 1866, completed to Moscow in 1871.
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 Kiev), the Orsha-Vitebsk (to Saint Petersburg), the Minsk-Vilnius and others. Some international trains serving Belarus are the Pribaltika Riga-Odessa, the Minsk-Irkutsk and the Sibirjak Berlin-Novosibirsk (and other Russian destinations).
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