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| 128206 | PESA 730M #ДП3-003 Built: 2014 | Беларуская Чыгунка | |
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14 november 2014 - DP3-003 as "airport express" train on Shemetava (бел. Шэметава) - Smalyavichy (бел. Смалявiчы) stretch. In 2014 it was decided to appoint passenger trains to Minsk National Airport. The railway line existed since the 80`s, but it was used only for the transportation of aviation fuel, respectively, its condition was poor. During 2014 reconstruction was made and in November trains went to the airport. New DP3 (before worked on routes Minsk - Vilnius - Minsk) were selected as a rolling stock. However, the project was political, so these trains were not popular. There are many reasons: the stop was only near airport (you had to go or take a bus), the connection with the Minsk - Orsha line was not built (train went to Smalyavichy station and change direction), the train hadn`t stops in Minsk, train traveled only 5 times a day (buses run every half hour)... Therefore, from the spring 2015 smaller DP1 began to serve this route, but in April 2017 passenger trains to airport were generally canceled at all...
Some words about 730M or ДП3 (бел. Дизель-Поезд 3 вагона). As I sad earlier, firstly (Since May 2014) they worked on Minsk - Vilnius - Minsk routes. But 3 DMUs for this area - it`s a lot, so one DMU was sent to the airport. After the electrification of Maladzechna - Vilnius line (last year), they were replaced by Stadler FLIRT (only one "weekend" train serviced by DP3). In addition, with the arrival of new DMUs (DP3-004...007) in the end 2016, the first ones (DP3-001...003) were transferred to Mogilev depot - they are operated as fast trains on Mogilev - Polotsk and Mogilev - Gomel routes. DMU, belonging to Minsk now (004...007), work on Minsk - Polatsk and Minsk - Lida routes.
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