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Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка (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



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 (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. The rail network is divided into 6 departments: named after the regions around Minsk, Baranovichi, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk.




Rolling stock


Electric locomotives
ChS4T; Co'Co' electric locomotive
VL80, BCG-1; twin-unit (Bo'Bo')-(Bo'Bo') locomotives
Diesel locomotives
M62, TE10, 2TE116, TEP60, TEP70, ChME3; Co'Co' diesel electric locomotives
TGK2; two-axle diesel shunter
Passenger multiple units
DR1; diesel multiple unit
ER9, Stadler FLIRT (EPg, EPr, EPm); electric multiple units
DP1, DP3, DP6 Pesa; diesel multiple unit for Minsk-Vilnius services.




Stations






International sanctions


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




Gallery






See also



Minsk Railway station
Rail transport in Belarus




Notes






References






External links


Белорусская железная дорога [Belarusian Railways] (in Russian, English, and German), official website

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