The following measures are currently being worked out:
– station preparation:
- joint inspection of unloading (loading) sites by commissions including officials of the Belarusian Railway divisions and the military communications commandant’s offices (VOSO);
- if necessary, repair of loading and unloading platforms, as well as preparation of road access to loading and unloading areas at stations;
- checking that communication equipment works at unloading (loading) stations for operational control of military transportation;
- assigning railway staff to organize the passage of vehicles over level crossings and providing them with communication equipment;
– rolling stock:
- assessing whether the freight cars planned for use in international traffic meet the requirements, and speeding up rolling stock repairs;
- selecting freight cars and concluding lease and maintenance agreements;
– organizing troop train traffic and shunting at stations:
- assigning shunting locomotives to unloading stations;
- drawing up timetables for troop trains on the Belarusian Railway (once the military rail transportation plan is submitted);
- assigning enough locomotive crews to move troop trains quickly;
- coordinating with the Central Traffic Control Directorate, a branch of JSC Russian Railways (TsD), on the prompt return of empty train sets to Russia for reuse in loading Russian Armed Forces troop trains bound for unloading sites in Belarus.
Main railway border crossings expected to receive troop trains:
- Krasnoe (Moscow Railway) – Osinovka (BCh, NOD-1).
- Zlynka (Moscow Railway) – Zakopytye (BCh, NOD-4).
- Zaverezhye (October Railway) – Yezerishche (BCh, NOD-6).
In addition, the Belarusian Railway has issued an urgent instruction that all employees, including managers, sign by September 30, 2022, an undertaking not to disclose confidential official information.
The instruction was given by the Deputy Head of the Belarusian Railway for the safe operation of BCh enterprises – Ihar Kazlouski.
To be updated.
