Another special service train* carrying Russian Armed Forces personnel passed through Smolensk station early this morning at 02:10 (Moscow time) towards Belarus. The train consist, as in the previous instance, included 15 open-plan sleeping cars led by a TEP70 diesel locomotive.
πThe transit of the state border between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus was carried out via the Rudnya – Zaolsha junction.
πThe train's destination station is Vitebsk (Vitebsk Division of the Belarusian Railway).
πThe travel time from Smolensk station to Vitebsk station is approximately two and a half hours.
Based on the number of railcars in the train consist, it can also be assumed that the approximate number of personnel transported to Belarus is β 700 – 800 people.
The destination station for the train that proceeded to Belarus on the previous day was also Vitebsk.
*Special railway transportation – railway transportation of goods intended to meet particularly important state needs (ed. – including military), as well as railway transportation of convicts and persons held in custody.
