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=Minsk-Gomel rail line=

The Minsk-Gomel rail line is a rail line in Belarus connecting the capital Minsk with Gomel, the second-largest city. Services on the line are operated by Belorussian Railways (БЖД). The line is 306 kilometres long.

Regional Trains
The most frequent journeys of regional trains (official English translation: regional economy-class lines) on this route are:

Minsk (Passažirski or Institut Kultury) to Osipoviči Osipoviči to Žlobin Žlobin to Gomel (Passažirski)

A few trains run longer routes, such as Minsk to Žlobin.

Express Trains
Both internal Belorussian express trains and international trains to other former Soviet states serve the line's major stations. In the 2016-7 timetable the following daily express trains ran on the route:

Southbound: 716Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Gomel Passažirski 302Б/390Б/150Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Adler/Anapa/Mineralnye Vodye 748Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Bobruisk 648Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Gomel Passažirski 670Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Gomel Passažirski (different route Žlobin to Gomel) 742Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Žlobin 086Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Kiev Passažirski 708Б   Minsk Passažirski -- Gomel Passažirski (non-stop)

Northbound: 086К   Kiev Passažirski -- Minsk Passažirski 741Б   Žlobin -- Minsk Passažirski 647Б   Gomel Passažirski -- Minsk Passažirski 669Б   Gomel Passažirski -- Minsk Passažirski (different route Gomel to Žlobin) 302С/389С/149С   Adler/Anapa/Mineralnye Vodye -- Minsk Passažirski 747Б   Bobruisk -- Minsk Passažirski 715Б   Gomel Passažirski -- Minsk Passažirski 621Б   Gomel Passažirski -- Minsk Passažirski (different route Gomel to Žlobin) 707Б   Gomel Passažirski -- Minsk Passažirski (non-stop)

Speeds and Travel Times
Between the major stations on the route, fastest daily travel times are: Minsk to Bobruisk: 1 hr 29 minutes Bobruisk to Žlobin: 44 minutes Žlobin to Buda: 23 minutes Žlobin to Gomel: 54 minutes Buda to Gomel: 30 minutes

The average times are considerably longer; all of these times are achieved by the pair of trains 715Б/716Б, which at 3 hrs 15 minutes provide a travel time between the endpoints of 43 minutes less than any other stopping train. However, there is also a once-daily non-stop service that covers the distance in 2 hrs 59 minutes, for an average speed of 103 km/h.

History
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Rail Network Situation
The station is well-connected to most cities of Eastern Belarus (such as Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk and Polotsk). North of the station, the line from Gomel splits into a line to St. Petersburg (via Mogilev and Vitebsk) and another to the Belorussian capital Minsk.

Rail distances from Žlobin Passažirski:
 * Minsk Passažirski    214 km
 * Gomel Passažirski    92 km
 * Orša Tsentralnaya    201 km
 * Vitebsk Passažirski    285 km
 * St. Petersburg Vitebskaya    853 km
 * Kiev Passažirski    406 km