Wolsztyn, Poland Hosts Europe's Last Regular Standard-Gauge Steam Passenger Train

Wolsztyn, a town in western Poland, is home to Europe's last remaining regular steam-powered passenger rail service running on standard-gauge track. The service is operated out of the Wolsztyn locomotive depot, which has preserved and maintained working steam engines. Unlike most of Europe, where steam trains survive only as tourist attractions on narrow-gauge lines, this line runs as a functioning scheduled service. The depot and its operations have attracted significant interest from railway enthusiasts and historians across the continent. The service stands as a rare living piece of railway heritage in an era when steam traction has otherwise disappeared from mainstream European rail networks.