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Polesia tram

Official site of the tourist  state project  the Polissya Tram. All of the narrow gauge railway Antonivka-Zarichne. On-line travel guide of the Ukrainian Polissya.

Description and history of the Polissya tram

The narrow gauge railway Antonivka - Zarichne is the longest (106 km) railway of this type  in Europe (since 1895).  A lot of old-time rarity techniques are used to date.

narrow gauge railway

A train, which consists of diesel engine and four carriages, crosses the large unique wooden railway bridge going through Stir, near-by village Mlynok in Zarechnoe's district.

Here is also another exceptional structure - exclusive river ferriage in Rivne region - the ferry through Stir.

ferry through Stir

During the whole rail travel one can enjoy idyllic scenery of landscapes that are still untouched by the civilization: sands, pines, mixed woods, marshlands. Moreover, not far from here, there are the well-known lakes of Ukrainian Polissya: the Bile, the Nobel', the Voronkivske and the Ostrivs'ke.

lake of Polesie