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Metro Report InternationalMinsk’s third metro line opens
BELARUS: The third metro line in Minsk was officially inaugurated with a ceremony at Kaval’skaya Slabada station on November 6. Passenger services were due to start at 12.30 the following day. The opening had originally been scheduled for August 9, but was postponed ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Stadler M110 metro trainset enters service in Minsk
Stadler M110 Minsk BELARUS: Minsk Metro’s first Stadler M110 trainset has entered revenue service on the Awtazavodskaya Line on February 5. The four-car aluminium-bodied transit vehicle can carry 756 passengers, 168 seated, and is one of six 78·4 m four-car and four 97·7 m five-car trainsets ...
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MinskTrans
First line opened 1929; network now comprises 11 routes. See Minsk network map. AddressBotanicheskaya str 4220038 MinskBelarusPhone+375 17 294 1376Fax+375 17 294 1376Emailinfo@minsktrans.byWebsitewww.minsktrans.by Traffic Passenger journeys39·1 millionInformation year2010 Company size Employees986 Network data Gauge1524 mmLength62 kmElectrification62 km - 550 V DCRolling stock152 LRV/tram cars
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Minsk Metropolitena
Opened 1984; three lines serving 30* stations. See Minsk network map. The first section of Line 1 (Moskovskaya line) opened from Institut Kul’tury to Moskovskaya in June 1984, and extended in stages from 1986-2012 (14 stations, 17·3 km). The latest extension opened June 3 2014 southwest to Malinovka (1·8 km, ...
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Metro Report InternationalFast tram plan for Minsk
BELARUS: A feasibility study is to be carried out for a 9·4 km fast tram route in Minsk after the city authorities approved the plan. The route would run from the existing tram terminus at Ploshcha Myasnikova in the city centre to the Sukharevo district in the ...
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NewsStadler presents Minsk metro train
BELARUS: Stadler presented the first of 10 metro trains that it is supplying to Minsk Metro at its factory in the city on March 20. The four-car train is due to undertake testing at the factory before being transported by rail to a metro depot. Stadler is supplying six four-car ...
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NewsStadler Minsk metro car order confirmed
BELARUS: Stadler has confirmed details of the metro trains that it is supplying to Minsk. The first four-car trainset is due to arrive in the capital next year, with the rest following by 2020. Stadler Minsk CEO Philipp Brunner told local media of the order in January ...