A military training ground with its own railway infrastructure is being built in Belarus’s Gomel region, allowing military trains to be routed directly onto its territory. The project includes a track with a capacity of up to 60 railcars, loading ramps, communications systems and other infrastructure for unloading equipment and cargo.
This became known from documents obtained by the “Community of Railway Workers of Belarus”.
The facility is officially called “Construction of a Training Ground in the Gomel Region.” It is being built in a forested area of the Rechytsa district near the Yakimovka station. The customer is the Republican Unitary Enterprise “Institute Voenproekt,” while the design documentation is being developed by TransSoyuzProekt LLC.
The railway section has been designated as a separate, third stage of construction. It includes a non-public railway track, loading and unloading facilities, electric interlocking, communications, lighting and other systems for servicing railcars. Once the work is completed, the training ground will be able to receive railcars directly from the Belarusian Railway network.
The access track No. 3a will branch off from Yakimovka station. Its full projected length is 1,238.28 meters, while its usable length is 1,158 meters. Part of the route will run along an old railway embankment that has not been used for about 30 years.
A high loading platform with three side ramps and one end ramp is planned on the territory of the training ground. Wheeled and tracked vehicles will be able to drive off railway platforms using the end ramp, while the side ramps are intended for unloading equipment and other cargo. The documents do not specify exactly what cargo is planned to be delivered to the site.
Up to 60 railcars — a military train of a corresponding length or most of it — will be able to fit on track No. 3a. This will allow a train to be moved off the station tracks at Yakimovka and placed inside the fenced territory of the training ground.
The railway infrastructure is suitable for transporting personnel, weapons, military equipment, fuel, ammunition and other supplies, although the specific composition of future shipments is not disclosed in the project. Satellite images dated July 18, 2026 indicate that construction work has already begun.
As noted in the publication, the construction of the training ground and access track is not evidence of preparations for offensive operations against Ukraine. However, once the facility is commissioned, its infrastructure will allow military trains to be received and unloaded directly on the training ground and the complex to be used for supply operations or the rapid buildup of a military grouping.
