Belarusian Railway

For the general page about rail transport, see Rail transport in Belarus.
Belarusian Railway
Беларуская чыгунка
Белорусская железная дорога

Map of Belarusian Railway.      Minsk branch;      Baranavichy (Baranovichi) branch;      Brest branch;      Homiel (Gomel) branch;      Mahiliow (Mogilev) branch;      Viciebsk (Vitebsk) branch
Reporting mark BČ, BŽD
Locale Belarus
Dates of operation 1992–
Predecessor SZhD
Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz
Length 5,491 km (3,412 mi)
Headquarters Minsk
Website www.rw.by
Main station of Grodno
Stadler FLIRT in Minsk

The Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка, Belaruskaya chyhunka, БЧ; 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 dissolution of the Soviet Union, is one of the inheritors of the Soviet Railways. It administrates 5,512 km of railway with (1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge). The railway's most important station is Minsk Terminal, the central station of the capital.

BCh reports to the ministry of transport and as of 2010 was composed of 84 organizations; 46 enterprises, 38 institutions, and 7 factories/plants.[2] The rail network is divided into 6 departments: named after the regions around Minsk, Baranovichi, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk.[3]

Rolling stock

Electric locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Passenger multiple units

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In the second decade of the 21st century the railway moved from using the Russian language for printed publications, to bilinguality - using Belarusian and Russian.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Яўген ВАЛОШЫН (29 January 2011), "Як папулярызуюць родную мову на Беларускай чыгунцы?", news.tut.by (in Belarusian)
  2. ↑ Общие сведения, www.rw.by (in Russian) (Belarusian Railway), archived from the original on 5 May 2010
  3. ↑ БЕЛОРУССКАЯ ЖЕЛЕЗНАЯ ДОРОГА: Отделения дороги, www.rw.by (in Russian) (Belarusian Railway), archived from the original on 26 May 2010

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