Currently, the following measures are being developed:
– for station preparation:
- joint inspection of unloading (loading) sites by a commission including officials from Belarusian Railway divisions and Military Transportation (VOSO) commandants' offices;
- if necessary, repair of loading and unloading platforms, as well as preparation of road access to loading and unloading areas at stations;
- checking the serviceability of communication equipment at unloading (loading) stations for operational management of military transportation;
- allocation of railway transport employees to organize the passage of equipment through railway level crossings and provide them with communication means;
– for rolling stock provision:
- determining the suitability of freight railcars planned for international use in accordance with the requirements, and implementing measures to accelerate rolling stock repair;
- selection of freight railcars with the conclusion of lease and service agreements;
– for organizing the movement of troop trains and shunting operations at stations:
- assignment of shunting locomotives to unloading stations;
- development of train diagrams for troop trains on Belarusian Railway (after submission of the military railway transportation plan);
- allocation of the necessary number of locomotive crews for the accelerated movement of troop trains;
- organization of interaction with the Central Directorate for Traffic Management – a branch of JSC “Russian Railways” (CD) – regarding the approval of the procedure for the operational return of empty train consists to the Russian Federation for their re-use for loading Russian Armed Forces troop trains when proceeding to unloading sites in the Republic of Belarus.
Main railway border crossings where troop trains are expected to be received:
- Krasnoe (Moscow Railway) – Osinovka (Belarusian Railway NOD-1).
- Zlynka (Moscow Railway) – Zakopytye (Belarusian Railway NOD-4).
- Zaverezhye (Oktyabrskaya Railway) – Yezeryshche (Belarusian Railway NOD-6).
In addition, Belarusian Railway has urgently instructed all employees, including managers, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement for confidential official information by September 30, 2022.
The instruction was given by the Deputy Head of Belarusian Railway for the organization of safe operation of Belarusian Railway enterprises Kozlovsky Igor Anatolyevich.
To be supplemented.
