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At first this railway was used for the transportation of wood, and later - for peat.
During the World War the narrow-gauge railway became an important strategic military object: there were severe battles for it, because it was almost the only fastmoving vehicle for transportation of soldiers and equipment through the impassable marshy terrain.
The question about the closure of the railway arose. Taking into account the fact that the Polissia railway was the most important mean of communication with the district centers, it continued to function and still transports passengers up to now daily.
The passenger train, consisting of a diesel locomotive TU-2 and several cars, crosses the unique in Ukraine and the longest in Europe wooden railway bridge across the Styr river.
Before the creation of the railway, the infrastructure was shaped there.
The Melnyks: the dynasty of the railwaymen Liudmyla Melnyk and Oleksandr Melnyk are public activists and the members of the Association for the Preservation of the Ukrainian Railway History.
As many years ago, this narrowgauge railway is a strategically important object, because some of the settlements along the railroad line still have only this transport connection.
The estate of the family is located near the depot and old narrow railways, which were created in 1895.
It is not surprising, because the Melnyks' family history is tighly connected with the narrow-gauge railway.
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