History of rail transport in Belarus

A view of the Baranovichi railway museum

The first line crossing Belarus was the Saint Petersburg – Warsaw Railway, which started operating in late 1862. This included section and railway station in Hrodna.^[1] During the mid 1860s, a railway line was also built from Daugavpils to Polatsk and further to Vitebsk. The Warsaw–Brest Railway, opened in 1866, completed to Moscow in 1871.^[2]

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History of rail transport in Europe

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