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Brest-Tsentralny railway station

Coordinates: 52°06′02″N 23°40′50″E / 52.1005°N 23.6806°E / 52.1005; 23.6806
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Brest-Tsentralny
Belarusian Railway terminal
View of the station from the street.
General information
Location Belarus, Brest
Owned byBelarusian Railway
Platforms5 (4 island platforms)
Construction
Parkingyes
Other information
Station code130007[1]
Fare zone4
History
Opened1886[2]
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station   Belarusian Railway   Following station
Location
Brest-Tsentralny is located in Belarus
Brest-Tsentralny
Brest-Tsentralny
Location within Belarus

Brest-Tsentralny is the main railway station of Brest, Belarus.

History

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The first building of the Brest station was built in 1886, and opened on 28 May in the presence of Emperor Alexander III.

It was built in the form of "medieval castle" with four water towers. The station was equipped with water heating. In the halls for passengers of the 1st and 2nd classes have parquet floors, 3rd class — plank, utility room — asphalt. Soon the station became the first in Russian Railways, have electric lighting — 160 light bulbs of 20 candles appeared in the halls and on platforms and 12 lights on 50 of candles lit up the station square.

In 1915, during the First world war, the station building was destroyed by the retreating Russian troops. The Polish authorities have constructed a new building. Visited Brest in 1949, Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, has contributed to the adoption of the decision on reconstruction of the station, which was held in 1953-1957.[3]

International trains and destinations

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Because of the break-of-gauge at Brest, where Russian broad gauge railway track meets European standard gauge, all passenger trains travelling to or from Poland have their bogies replaced here to continue their journey and freight is transloaded from cars of one gauge to cars of another.

Train number Train name Destination Operated by
003Б/004Б Minsk
bel: Мінск, rus: Минск
Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
007М/008Б Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
009Щ/010Щ Polonez
rus: Полонез
Poland Warsaw (Zachodnia)
Russia Moscow (Belorussky)
Russia Russian Railways
013М/014М Strizh
rus: Стриж
Germany Berlin (HBF)
Russia Moscow (Belorussky)
Russia Russian Railways
017Б/018Б France Nice
Russia Moscow (Belorussky)
Russia Russian Railways
021Е/022Г Vltava
rus: Влтава
Czech Republic Prague (Hlavní)
Russia Moscow (Belorussky)
Russia Russian Railways
023Й/024Й France Paris (Paris-Est)
Russia Moscow (Belorussky)
Russia Russian Railways
027Б/028Б Bug
bel, rus: Буг
Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
051Б/052Б Zvezda
bel: Зорка, rus: Звезда
Russia Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
065Б/066Б Russia Murmansk Belarus Belarusian Railways
067Б/068Б Russia Saratov Belarus Belarusian Railways
095Б/096Б Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
103Н/104Б Russia Novosibirsk Belarus Belarusian Railways
119Б/120Б Poland Terespol Belarus Belarusian Railways
121Б/122Б Poland Terespol Belarus Belarusian Railways
123Б/124Б Poland Terespol Belarus Belarusian Railways
IC 125/IC 126 Mickiewicz Poland Warsaw (Zachodnia) Poland Polish State Railways
IC 127/IC 128 Skaryna Poland Warsaw (Zachodnia) Poland Polish State Railways
EC 130/EC 131 Báthory Hungary Budapest (Nyugati) Hungary Hungarian State Railways
Poland Polish State Railways
131Б/132Б Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
133Я/134Ф Russia Arkhangelsk Belarus Belarusian Railways
221Б/222Б Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways
317Б/318Б Kazakhstan Karaganda Belarus Belarusian Railways
327Б/328Б Russia Kazan (Main) Belarus Belarusian Railways
675Ф/676Ф Russia Moscow (Belorussky) Belarus Belarusian Railways

Photos

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References

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  1. ^ Stations on paravoz.com
  2. ^ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
  3. ^ Railway stations of USSR. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
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