Classic route
Minsk–Brest Business Class
Minsk → Brest · Belarus
Follows the old Moscow–Warsaw corridor to Brest, the fortress city on the Bug where Belarus’s broad gauge meets the EU frontier.
How this line was checked
- The 346 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 8548831 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Belarusian Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Minsk–Brest Business Class?
The Minsk–Brest Business Class runs 346 km from Minsk to Brest.
How long does the Minsk–Brest Business Class take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 20 min for the 346 km. That is an average of 104 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Minsk–Brest Business Class?
Belarusian Railway, with Stadler BKG1 EMU.
How old is the Minsk–Brest Business Class?
The line has been in service since 1871. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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