Rail transport in Belarus is owned by the national rail company BŽD / BČ ( / ). The railway network of Belarus consists of of lines, its gauge is (broad gauge), of which are electrified.
History
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. Belarusian railway - Company - History During the mid-1860s, railway line was built also from Daugavpils to Polatsk and further to Vitebsk. Line Warsaw-Brest, opened in 1866, completed to Moscow in 1871.Some historical information about railways of Belarus
Network
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-IrkutskTimetable consulted on the DB website and the Sibirjak Berlin-Novosibirsk (and other Russian destinations).Timetable consulted on the DB website
The national network has no high-speed lines and is not served by high-speed trains.
Urban railways
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 (Poland) – yes – break-of-gauge / (Lithuania) – yes (closed) (Latvia) – yes (closed) (Russia) – yes (Ukraine) – yes (closed)
See also Transport in Belarus List of town tramway systems in Belarus Children's Railroad of Minsk Rail transport in the Soviet Union
References
External links
BŽD official website Railway network map of Belarus