Belarusian Railway Explained

Railroad Name:Russian: Belarusian Railway
Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка
Russian: Белорусская железная дорога
Logo Filename:Belarus-RW-Logo.svg
System Map:Map of railways in Belarus.png
Map Size:frameless
Start Year:1992
End Year:present
Length:5491km (3,412miles)
Hq City:Minsk

Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка (Belarusian: БЧ) / Biełaruskaja čyhunka, Russian: Белорусская железная дорога) 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

See also: Rail transport in the Soviet Union. The company, formed in 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, is one of the inheritors of the Soviet Railways. It administers 5,512 km of railway with . 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. The rail network is divided into 6 departments: named after the regions around Minsk, Baranovichi, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk.

Rolling stock

Electric locomotives
Co'Co' electric locomotive
Diesel locomotives
two-axle diesel shunter
Passenger multiple units
diesel multiple unit

International sanctions

Belarusian Railway was included in the sanctions lists of Canada in November 2022 and Ukraine in January 2023, respectively.[1] Canada also blacklisted Vladimir Morozov, the head of Belarusian Railway, as later did the European Union, Switzerland, Ukraine and Australia.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belarusian Railway. National Agency for Prevention of Corruption.
  2. Web site: MOROZOV Vladimir Mikhailovich. National Agency on Corruption Prevention.