{"id":560982,"date":"2026-07-20T18:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=560982"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:01:56","slug":"belarus-introduces-new-category-of-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarus-introduces-new-category-of-trains","title":{"rendered":"Belarus Introduces New Category of Trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus is introducing a new category of trains, along with other changes affecting the railway sector. The measures are \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044b by a law signed today by <b>Aliaksandr Lukashenka<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The law clarifies several categories of passenger rail services. It introduces a new type of train \u2014 accelerated regional economy-class services.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation also requires owners of railway infrastructure to keep records of, investigate, and report safety violations in railway operations to the authorised government body.<\/p>\n<p>It expands the list of personnel required to undergo mandatory medical examinations, medical re-certification, and pre-trip or pre-shift medical examinations or assessments.<\/p>\n<p>The functions of the Railway Paramilitary Guard have been transferred to the Interior Ministry&#8217;s Security Department.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The law has been signed to create a modern legal framework and ensure that the economy and the public receive high-quality, safe and reliable railway transport services. It defines the general rights and responsibilities of both the infrastructure owner (the public railway transport organisation) and the owners of non-public railway tracks (other organisations whose production activities involve train movements and shunting operations),&#8221;<\/i> Lukashenka&#8217;s press service said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus is introducing a new category of trains, along with other changes affecting the railway sector. The measures are \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044b by a law signed today by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. The law clarifies several categories of passenger rail services. It introduces a new type of train \u2014 accelerated regional economy-class services. The legislation also requires owners of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":540108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5e5488bce31.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarus Introduces New Category of Trains"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}