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People at the crossing are starting to report the queue — tap to see.
Since 1 February 2024 nothing crosses at Narva on wheels, and since 1 May 2024 nothing crosses at night. What is left is a footbridge open from 07:00 to 19:00 — and on a summer afternoon the line for it runs to hours, with people bringing chairs. Estonia's national queue system books and reports vehicle lanes, and this crossing no longer has one, so nobody publishes a figure for the only lane that is open. The people standing in it are the only source there is. Reading this page needs no account; adding a report needs one, so that each person counts once.
Tap a direction to say how long the queue is right now.
Narva → Ivangorod
Going over. The line forms on the Estonian side, below Peetri plats.
No reports yet
Ivangorod → Narva
Coming back. This is the queue you cannot see from town, and the one people ask about most.
No reports yet
Sign in to say how long the queue is. Reading is free.
The border authority
These are the people standing in the line, not the border authority. Nobody here can say whether you will be let through, and a quiet board does not mean a short queue. The hours, the documents and the rules are here: Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet — The Board publishes the crossing's hours, the documents you need and the rules in force. It does not publish a queue figure for the pedestrian lane, and this page is not one it keeps.
How this works
Each report counts for about 3 hours, then drops off on its own — the crossing is only open part of the day, so the board keeps itself current. A direction shows once at least 1 recent report is in; when several are in we show the middle one, so a single voice can’t swing it.
These are neighbours reporting what they can see, not the border guard. Nobody here can tell you whether you will be let through, how long the checks will take, or what happens on the Russian side. A page with no reports on it means nobody has reported yet — it does not mean the queue is short. For hours, documents and the rules in force, go to the Police and Border Guard Board.