Belarus by Train
Trains - Tickets - ToursA Travel Guide For Train Travel In Belarus.
Here you will find information for Belarus about trains, routes, tours, connections, where to buy train tickets, and more.
Useful Information
Population: 9.48 million
Currency: Belarusian Rubel
Language: Belarusian, Russian
Capital: Minsk
Country Code: +375
Time Zone: Eastern European Time (ETT)
Train Companies
The railway network in Belarus is operated by the state-owned railway company, Belarusian Railway.
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Train Tickets
Buy your train tickets for Belarus online on the Belarusian Railway official homepage.
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Rail Passes
There are no rail passes available for Belarus.
TrAIN tYPES
The major rail network in Belarus is composed of the following trains:
Regional Trains in Belarus
Suburban Trains (prihorodny) connects the large cities with the suburbs, denoted by a blue flower symbol on the Belarusian Railway website
- Bench style seating
Passenger Trains (pasazhyrsky) are interregional trains denoted by a green closed tulip symbol on the Belarusian Railway website
- 2nd Class (kupe): bed in a compartment
- 3rd Class (platskart): bed in open-plan arrangement
- Some services offer 4th Class (obshchy): bench-style seating
Business Class Express Trains connects important cities in the country with minimal stops, denoted by a green open tulip symbol on the Belarusian Railway website
- Rows of four seats (2+2) (sidyachiy)
International Trains in Belarus
International Trains denoted with a yellow flower symbol on the Belarusian Railway website.
- 2nd Class (kupe): bed in a compartment
- 3rd Class (platskart): bed in open-plan arrangement
EuroNight (EN)
- Routes:
- EN Strizh: Moscow – Minsk – Berlin, Germany
- EN Transeuropean Express: Moscow – Minsk – Paris, France
- EN Moscow – Nice Express: Moscow – Minsk – Nice, France
- EN Vtlava: Moscow – Minsk – Prague, Czech Republic
- EN Polonez: Moscow – Minsk – Warsaw, Poland
- Reservations required
- Sleeping Carriage:
- 1-bed compartment, with washbasin, toilet and shower*, denoted as 1st Class
- 2-bed compartment, with washbasin, toilet and shower*, denoted as 1st Class
- 2-bed compartment, with washbasin, denoted as 1st Class
- 4-bed compartment, with washbasin, denoted as 2nd Class
- All compartments are inclusive of bedding
- Additional toilets are located at the end of every carriage
* Only offered on Transeuropean Express and Moscow – Nice Express
Routes
Frequently Travelled Routes In Belarus
National
| From > To |
Duration | Stops | Transport |
| Minsk to Brest | 3:02 | Direct | Train |
| Minsk to Gomel | 2:50 | Direct | Train |
| Minsk to Orsha | 2:07 | Direct | Train |
| Brest to Baranavichy | 1:26 | Direct | Train |
| Brest to Orsha | 6:13 | 1 | Train |
International
| From > To |
Duration | Stops | Transport |
| Minsk to Moscow, Russia | 8:16 | Direct | Train |
| Minsk to Vilnius, Lithuania | 4:20 | Direct | Train |
| Minsk to Berlin, Germany | 14:16 | 2 | Train |
| Brest to Warsaw, Poland | 3:24 | Direct | Train |
| Brest to Prague, Czech Republic | 12:48 | 1 | Train |
| Gomel to Kiev, Ukraine | 5:58 | Direct | Train |
Belarus travel routes
Belarus and Poland
Main Train Stations
- Minsk
- Orsha
- Gomel
- Baranavichy
- Brest
- Vitebsk
Good to know
Best Time To Travel To Belarus
We recommend traveling anytime between May and September because the weather is above freezing; however, you may want to bring your raincoat as the country roughly has 5-7 days of precipitation per month It may or may not rain while you are there but don’t let that deter your visit!
The Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great is open year-round and is great for learning more about what happened in Belarus during WWII. Also, accessible year-round are the national parks of Belarus, which are home to Europe’s largest population of native bison, who would have thought?!
- High Season: July – August
- Low Season: November – April
Accommodation In Belarus
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Hostelworld
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Guidebooks For Belarus
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