Private company

Belarusian Railway

Logo: Белорусская железная дорога / Belarusian Railway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

State-owned railway company in Belarus

Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка (БЧ) / Biełaruskaja čyhunka, Russian: Белорусская железная дорога (БелЖД)) is Belarus' fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services and has a near-monopoly on train travel in Belarus.2 It is headquartered in Minsk.1 It employed about 60,000 people in 2025.1 It is part of Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 13, 1936Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersMinsk1
  • Websitewww.rw.by
  • Legal formstate-owned enterprise1
ДП3-003, Минск - Вильнюс, станция Молодечно
Photo: Neu-Zwei, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Belarusian Railway (BCh) (Belarusian: Беларуская чыгунка (БЧ) / Biełaruskaja čyhunka, Russian: Белорусская железная дорога (БелЖД)) is Belarus' fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services and has a near-monopoly on train travel in Belarus.2

Corporate structure

Belarusian Railway sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Belarusian Railway reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Bihosava
  • Brest-Tsentralny railway station
  • Haradok
  • Kalyadzichy
  • Pcič
  • Raslyaki
  • Tsishowka

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • railway

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus since May 5, 2006

Owners

  • Belarus

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • Bihosava
  • Brest-Tsentralny railway station
  • Haradok
  • Kalyadzichy
  • Pcič
  • Raslyaki
  • Tsishowka

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 202560,0001

Timeline

  1. May 5, 2006Acquired Acquired by Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus1
  2. May 13, 1936Founded Founded1