Minsk-Pasažyrski (, ) is the main passenger railway station in Minsk, Belarus. It is located in the centre of Minsk. It is sometimes called Minsk Ploshchad Lenina due to the metro station serving the terminal, or simply Minsk.
History The station was built in 1873 as Vilen'ski vakzal, Vilnius station ( ). The initial wooden building was demolished in 1890 and rebuilt in stone. During World War II, Minsk railway station was completely destroyed. It was rebuilt in 1945–1946 and served until 1991. The new building of Minsk-Passazhyrski railway station was built in 1991–2002. Its construction was delayed for financial difficulties. However, now Minsk has one of the most modern and up-to-date railway stations in the CIS.
Traffic National rail Minsk Pasažyrski is the hub of the national passenger transport. It is also served by several international trains to Russia.
Together with the neighboring , it is the center of the suburban rail linking the capital to several cities and towns in the district and through the region.
Urban transport The station is served by the Minsk Metro at the Ploshcha Lenina station (Lenin Square), part of the Maskoŭskaja line, and the Vakzaĺnaja station, part of the Zelenaluzhskaya line. The Minsk streetcar and trolleybus also operate in the area, and busses stop by at the Družnaja station.
Trains and destinations
International Train number Train name Destination Operated by 001/002 Belarus Moscow (Belorussky) Belarusian Railways 003/004 Brest (cars: Grodno) Moscow (Belorussky) 007/008 Russian Railways Belarusian Railways 027/028 Brest Moscow (Belorussky) Belarusian Railways 029/030 Yantar Kaliningrad Moscow (Belorussky) Russian Railways051/052 Brest Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky) Belarusian Railways065/066 Murmansk083/084 Gomel (cars: Grodno) Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky)139/140 Smolensk (cars: Arkhangelsk) 147/148 Kaliningrad Moscow (Belorussky) Russian Railways149/150 Samara (cars: Nizhniy Novgorod)249/250 Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky) (cars: Pskov) Belarusian RailwaysRussian Railways301/302 Adler (cars: Mineralnye Vody) Belarusian Railways359/360 Kaliningrad Adler (cars: Anapa) Russian Railways425/426 Chelyabinsk Kaliningrad489/490 Anapa Belarusian Railways717/718721/722Lastochka Moscow (Belorussky) Russian Railways
Gallery
See also Rail transport in Belarus Belorusskaja Železnaja Doroga Fanipol railway station, part of the suburban network
Notes and references
External links
Minsk railroad terminal – Pictures Pictures of a building from within Fototour: Minsk Railway station at night