Classic route
Minsk–Gomel Regional Express
Minsk → Gomel · Belarus
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Links the capital with Gomel, Belarus’s second city near the Ukrainian border and the fringe of the Chernobyl zone.
Stations
- 0 kmМінск-Пасажырскі
- 63 kmПухавічы
- 107 kmАсіповічы
- 148 kmBabruysk
- 214 kmЖлобін
- 255 kmБуда-Кашалёўская
- 299 kmГомель Пасажырскі
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 17206178 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 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–Gomel Regional Express?
The Minsk–Gomel Regional Express runs 302 km from Minsk to Gomel.
How long does the Minsk–Gomel Regional Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h for the 302 km. That is an average of 76 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Minsk–Gomel Regional Express?
Belarusian Railway, with ЭПр Stadler EMU.
How old is the Minsk–Gomel Regional Express?
The line has been in service since 1873. 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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