Exploring Chernobyl’s Forgotten Train Station: Eerie Ruins Frozen in Time

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Can we get this video to 1000 likes once we do something amazing will be coming to the channel

[@CaptainM792]

You’ll get 15000 likes, because this video amazing. ❤

[@jontownsend8090]

The railway tracks in Ukraine are 1520mm Russian gauge, wider than standard gauge of 1435mm that you find in most of Europe and the UK, with the exception of Spain and Portugal where you would find 1668mm Iberian gauge. I visited this area in 2019. I took the train from the UK all the way to Ukraine, it was a great journey. Once we passed into Ukraine from Poland, the train entered a gauge changer yard at a place called Yagodin. The wheel sets, or bogies were changed, then we were on our way again, heading east towards Kiev.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Amazing story thanks for sharing

[@rickthompson1422]

.....I met a liquidator in Kremenchuk Ukraine. I became a close family friend of theirs. He was a firefighter and was called to Chernobyl after the disaster. He's 75 or so I would guess...maybe in his 80s. I wish he could tell me stories of his service in Chernobyl, but his English is nil and my Russian is near nil also. He seemed relatively healthy for having served at Chernobyl.

[@oleglesnoy9171]

Це станція Янів. Поїзди через неї не курсують напевно з кінця 1980-х (тобто з часів аварії на ЧАЕС і побудови старого саркофагу). Не знаю, наскільки це правда, але десь бачив інформацію, що останній пасажирський потяг далекого сполучення (а поїздів тут взагалі ходило небагато, навіть, якщо праховувати приміські) пройшов здається вже після катастрофи, але ще 26 квітня, чи то вночі з 25 на 26 чи щось таке, буквально за кілька годин після катастрофи. Тоді ж ще мало, хто знав чи розумів, що в дійсності сталося на ЧАЕС. Імовірно до станції ще якийсь час їздили вантажні поїзди, які привозили будматеріали до ЧАЕС. Рух по коліях далі Янова в західному напрямку закрили одразу, після останнього пасажирського поїзда і лінію закинули. Потім спеціально для персоналу Чорнобильскої станції збудували станцію Семиходи, в 4 км від атомної станції і колії до неї. Туди курсувала так звана "Атомна" електричка, сполученням Славутич - Семиходи, яка і возила на атомну станцію персонал. На станції здійснювався прикордонний, митний, а також дозиметричний контроль. Після побудови нового сховища відпрацьованих ядерних відходів і добудови невеликого шматка колії відкрили рух ще на ділянці близкь 40 км з західної сторони (відносно Янова) для руху спецпоїздів, які перевозили ядерні відходи. Але рух до Янова і відповідно наскрізний рух не відкривали, і навряд відкриють.

[@crazyblindguy]

Very amazing video well done and keep up the great work

[@Tom-Lahaye]

It's a very interesting place. Many of the trains were looted for scrap metal by people illegally entering the area, I don't know if any of the scrapping was done officially. They pushed many of the trains out of the way to get the tracks clear for other trains bringing in equipment which in turn was later abandoned as well. Several of these diesel multiple units do mis their engines, you don't get these out so easy. The track gauge is wider at 5' compared to the 4'8 1/2" we get in most of Europe, it looks narrower because the rails themselves ar taller and heavier, and also the width of the trains is much more than those in the UK. At 6'2" I barely fit in a sleeper bunk on an UK train, but had room to be another foot taller in an Ukrainian sleeper coach. I did vist Ukraine but not Chernobyl.

[@BlackAmV0]

4:14 the trains in Russian empire/USSR are similar to US by size and similar to european by shape. The passenger car coupled to the switcher is a part of ER2 or ER9 EMU interurban/suburban train.

[@madenabyss6981]

Like it before i watched as i knew being in Chernobyl this is going to be a interesting explore.👍

[@Abandonedexplorer]

You may have the best comment so far shout-out coming your way maybe 🤔

[@newfoundlandhunter]

thank you for sharing!

[@davestrang8585]

New subscriber loves the video and your courage filming it 🎉🎉

[@SteveMuncaster-ji9dw]

Brilliant video 👍👍

[@MilitaryHistoryArchives]

Great content!

[@TwoFourCharlie007]

Good old Igor!! Great tour guide, hope to go back myself one day…..

[@BlackAmV0]

3:27 it's not a train, it's just a switcher TEM2UM and some cars.

[@MadsEmilBreiting]

I Will Love that place plus send me lockatian😊

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

Impressive video, Abandoned Explorer. Looking forward to your next upload. I smashed that thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the fantastic work! The exploration of the abandoned trains was fascinating. How do you think the local ecosystem is adapting to the presence of these radioactive remnants?

[@AussiePom]

The Russian rail gauge is 5 feet and the loading in height is 17.5 feet. Although this is the Ukraine it's the same as it was built when Russia occupied the Ukraine in Czarist times. This was one reason why the German's failed in WW2 for their rail gauge is the standard gauge 4' 8.5" and they converted many kilometers of Russian rail gauge to standard gauge but it was never enough so at some point they had to transship everything over to Russian wide gauge trains which created enormous bottle necks and slowed them right down. Due to their width and height Russian steam locomotives had a very imposing appearance

[@Aquineas]

Would have liked to see radiation readings for more of the abandoned equipment.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Next time

[@danieloehler2494]

these abondoned trains have a 3-3 configuration for passengers: 5 people sitting in every row, 2 on one side and 3 on the other

[@frynzik3470]

Фига там Трак фонит💥.. Ну вот считай Американец на рентген сходил лет за 5 за раз🤪🤝.. Продолжайте Расследование Мы наблюдаем за Вами😉🤫

[@amkqld]

I very much doubt that those diesel locos would start after sitting there in the open for so many years.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Wishful thinking hey 😂😂

[@dilly2408]

They will start with proper lubricants and refueling. Those engines are fully analog, no sensors or ECU. As I said : with proper engine oil, strong batteries and some clean Diesel I can bet they will start. I've seen engines from mid 70s starting quite easy after 25 - 30 years in the open.

[@terry-wc9sw]

@@dilly2408 no they would not start at all ,they would have rusted solid ,plus there are more likely parts have been taken from inside the engine housing

[@Abandonedexplorer]

New video just dropped you will love this explore in Chernobyl kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXu6ZKyXm7Orrrs

[@amkqld]

I always get a laugh out of videos about trains made by people who know nothing about trains.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Haha if anything I'm glad you had a laugh 😂

[@JohnResalb]

"bigger trains" - you mentioned. Russian affiliated countries use Broad guage (as also they do in Spain, and what I have seen in South America).

[@Trainfan1563]

Hi im a train fan :) 🇬🇧 I would like to inform you that I aprove of the terms you use to refer to the locomotives 🔥

[@terry-wc9sw]

that loco ,would not run at all if you tried starting it up ,no oil or fuel would be left .it has been abandoned until they decide to store it.

[@pacificnorthwestandsouther703]

such a shame that there rusting such historic machines that arnt radioactive wonder if the coaches brought in the liquidators

[@leonperry123]

@12:07 compressor

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Hey guys best comment below will get pinned to top and a shout out in the next video. Also a like would be very appreciative

[@ocsrc]

Do you live in an HOA in Pennsylvania and still prefer to live in Reactor Hall 3 of Chernobyl ? 😢

[@briansmith-l1q]

my dad used to say (for fun) "the stuff we are ruining our earth with, came from the earth"

[@KyleBarns-b4g]

Great video, thank you for sharing. Just curious how come you dont wear masks or something when indoors the contamination. Be careful out there.

[@andysimkin5200]

I could swear i saw thses videos about 6 or 7 years ago..

[@Abandonedexplorer]

No

[@andysimkin5200]

@@Abandonedexplorer well, they are definitely re-uploads.. 😁

[@TheSimulatorGuy2003]

When was this filmed

[@CreatureOfTheVoid]

1msv is F*All in terms of contamination, im not sure about Europe in general, but your allowed around 20msv a year in the UK, if you work with the stuff, and get around 2msv a year in general anyway. You would have stand there for 2 hours to get a yearly 'natural' dose and around a 1000 hours for that dose to hit 1sv in which your start to get radiation sickness symptoms. the biggest danger though is if that contamination is lose if so it will get everywhere, if its fixed its not a problem, all you have to do is double your distance from the source it will quarter the amount of dose you receive.

[@SRN42069]

The first few locomotives are in great shape seems like a waste to let them rot there, especially the tested one they could always clean them up and transport them to more Mainland Ukraine for use again. Or even preserved

[@lespecsman]

What's become of engines removed from these who dismantled them when and why

[@johnny5805]

You are crazy to go into an active warzone ! You know what Russian soldiers would do to you ? My God !

[@vectortrails89]

Clearly filmed before the invasion of Ukraine

[@perpetualgrin5804]

With those special glasses I bought from you -tube, you can see the radiation.

[@jeffreyjacobs7080]

Looking at this footage as a railway guy, i can tell you with 100% this wasn’t abandoned after the chernobyl disaster. They didn’t use concrete for the rail back in the days.. only wood until atleast beginning of 95/2000

[@neurofrank9967]

I thought so too. Also, the first engine is painted blue, which looks more Ukrainian than Soviet. I wonder why some of them are tipped over. Probably looters I guess.

[@狼女のアキコ]

​@@neurofrank9967 They were tipped to make a way for a train to carry and dispose the remains of the Block 4 Reactor or transporting the Liquidators to the zone and clean the mess

[@rickthompson1422]

...I hope you did not get over exposed in all those "hot" areas you went into....

[@rickthompson1422]

........I also worry that Igor gets too much exposure. He was my tour driver from SoloEast in May 2015....we had a female tour guide, a rather petite girl of maybe 35, Maria perhaps was her name? I can't recall for sure....

[@CaptainM792]

I’m told it’s the equivalent of a chest X-Ray, so, if you’re overdue for a checkup…

[@Fizzure3000]

Hmm, what? You're going into the hospital basement? I thought they filled all the entrences with sand like five years ago...did someone dig it up again?

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Magic

[@hackhack930]

This was filmed before 2016. That’s all the „magic” 😀

[@Fizzure3000]

@@hackhack930 Well, fair enough, if that's the case lol, kinda odd to keep 8 year old footage

[@hackhack930]

@@Fizzure3000 At that time visiting Chernobyl exclusion zone was like trip to Disneyland: dozens thousands of tourists went there. Every KZbinr focused on urbex had posted several films made in Chernobyl. Prypiat, duga radar, sarcophagus, red forest etc became well known landmark like Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty. Maybe author decided to publish it now bcz since the war begins the tourism stopped dead, there’re no any new footage from the zone. It’s good time to publish it now to get some viewers.

[@Fizzure3000]

@hackhack930 Yes I know, I've been to Chernobyl and Pripyat lol. Kinda odd tho that he wouldn't write in the description that it's old footage tho

[@gleng6812]

Hi can you tell Us when you filmed this please?

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Wasn't that long ago

[@gleng6812]

@Abandonedexplorer have you been able to get there since the war started? nd able to move about

[@michael-pw9cz]

@@Abandonedexplorer was the war on while you was doing this video as you said not long ago

[@rkynj756]

This was filmed before the Russian invasion in 2022. It's a shame he's not really honest about it.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

@@rkynj756 what's it matter when it was filmed ?

[@andrewbaluk1663]

scrap metal theives are very busy there......

[@Ben-pc9cu]

3:51 - Aygore???

[@lorirocks777]

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[@Abandonedexplorer]

Really

[@billbowers268]

11:53

[@z00h]

Mate, I genuinely lost a couple of IQ points listening to your drivel.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Glad I could help

[@ruslanpala4424]

Old video. It was before 2022

[@Thelegend-z7d]

With with the palm covering the lense?... this is so cheesy all the youtubers do this

[@hartmutlanger5664]

The Fox in your Video looks terrible and ill. Be carefull of your own health.

[@Abandonedexplorer]

I will

[@enkhbaatardashdeleg1258]

What are you doing in the Russian railway.

[@dogmannz]

WTF? It's gotta be true because somebody told you? Same gauge as UK and US. It's called standard gauge.

[@amkqld]

Actually it's five foot gauge, standard gauge as in USA, UK, Europe and other places is 4 foot 8 1/2 inches.

[@dogmannz]

@@amkqld Yeah OK, I stand corrected. lol I just googled it. I didn't know that. I was under the impression the soviets used the same gauge as Europe.

[@gazbrucia1654]

​@dogmannz Stalin introduced "wide gauge" railway tracks prior to WW2 So the Nazis couldn't get into Russia by train

[@dogmannz]

@@gazbrucia1654 Yeah I had a feeling it was something like that

[@hackhack930]

Why have you been waiting so long to post your films? Why can’t you just say the truth? Someone asked when was it filmed, you replied „not so longtime ago”. What does it mean? Is it a secret? IMO this was filmed for sure not later than in 2021. Probably before 2017.

[@adamjames3259]

exploring a fake reupload

[@Abandonedexplorer]

Someone's angry breath bro your be ok

[@nimble9985]

UR life is fake too