— Zhytomyr rail line was electrified. Zhytomyr is about 131 kilometers from Kyiv (by road 140 km, by rail 165 km). The following trains pass through Zhytomyr train station (both directions for all): Zhytomyr - Korosten Vinnytsia - Korosten Zhytomyr - Korostyshiv Korosten - Koziatyn Zhytomyr - Koziatyn Zhytomyr - Zviahel Zhytomyr - Fastiv The city has an airport (however, it is not currently being used for passenger transport; it is intended for the use of strategic bombers, though not currently being used). Zhytomyr has three bus stations connecting it with many other cities and villages in Ukraine and abroad. Zhytomyr has fifteen bridges and junctions built over rivers and roads. There is a 30-kilometer ring road around Zhytomyr. The most interesting bridge in Zhytomyr is one over the Teteriv River in Gagarin Park (named after Yuri Gagarin). Public city transport Common kinds of public transport shuttling within Zhytomyr are trolleybuses, buses, and minibuses. There are also electric trams, but on one route only. Earlier there were several tram routes in Zhytomyr, but all excepting one were canceled during a period of domination of the opinion that a tram is a bad kind of transport. Trams began to shuttle in Zhytomyr in 1899. Thus Zhytomyr became the 5th city with electric trams within the territory of present-day Ukraine. Trolleybuses appear in Zhytomyr in 1962. The total length of Zhytomyr city electric transport routes (trolleybuses and trams) is 275 km. Zhytomyr is the first city in Ukraine to implement e-ticket system in all municipal public transport. Attack on Zhytomyr On 27 February 2022, the city's public airport Zhytomyr Airport was directly attacked by 2 Iskander missiles launched from Belarus, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which had recently started three days prior to the attack on Zhytomyr Airport. Twin towns – sister cities Zhytomyr is twinned with: Bytom, Poland Dazhou, China Kutaisi, Georgia Montana, Bulgaria Płock, Poland Shangla, Pakistan Notable people Ossip Bernstein (1882–1962), Russian-French Grandmaster chess player and businessman Aleksandr Bezymensky (1898–1973), a Soviet poet, screenwriter and journalist. Sasha Boole (born 1989), Ukrainian country and folk musician, and singer / songwriter Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), a Polish writer and journalist. Ina Bourskaya (1886—1954), an American opera singer. Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836–1871), Polish nobleman and Paris Commune revolutionary Boris Didkovsky (1883–1937) Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet geologist and University rector Oksana Dyka (born 1978), a Ukrainian operatic soprano. Luis Filcer (1927–2018), a Mexican Expressionist painter