Children's railway

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Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka (Park Railway Maltanka) in Poznań, Poland (600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge).
Steam locomotive on Kyiv Children's Railway, Ukraine, 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) gauge.

A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers interested in rail transport can learn railway professions. This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. The world's first children's railway was opened in Gorky Park, Moscow,[1] in 1932. At the breakup of the USSR, 52 children's railways existed in the country.

Many children's railways are still functioning in post-Soviet states and Eastern European countries. Many exhibit railway technology not seen anymore on the main lines and can be seen as heritage railways. Even though few exceptions exist, most children's railways built in the Eastern Bloc have a track gauge of at least 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in)[2] and can carry full size narrow gauge rolling stock.

List of children's railways[]

There are children's railways situated in following cities:

Armenia[]

Azerbaijan[]

Belarus[]

Bulgaria[]

China[]

Cuba[]

Georgia[]

Germany[]

  • Berliner Parkeisenbahn,[4] Berlin, Wuhlheide
  • Parkeisenbahn Krumbholz, Bernburg, Krumbholzallee
  • Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz, Chemnitz,
  • Parkeisenbahn Cottbus, Cottbus, Eliaspark - Spreeauenpark
  • Ferienlandeisenbahn Crispendorf, Crispendorf, Ferienland
  • Dresdner Parkeisenbahn, Dresden, Großer Garten
  • Parkeisenbahn Gera,[5] Gera, Tierpark
  • Görlitzer Parkeisenbahn,[6] Görlitz, An der Landskronbrauerei
  • Parkeisenbahn Peißnitzexpress Halle,[7] Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Peißnitzinsel
  • Leipziger Parkeisenbahn, Leipzig-Wahren, Auensee
  • Pioniereisenbahn Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Rotehornpark, until 1967
  • Parkeisenbahn Plauen,[8] Plauen, Syratal
  • Parkeisenbahn Vatterode, Vatterode, Vatteröder Teich

Hungary[]

Kazakhstan[]

Lithuania[]

Poland[]

Russia[]

Train of Novosibirsk Children's Railway
Kp4-447 Southern St.Peterburg Children's Railway with tender from Kch4-332. Taken at Molodejnaya Station at the North end of the line

Slovakia[]

Turkmenistan[]

Ukraine[]

Uzbekistan[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Children's railways: Gorky Park, Moscow (in Russian)
  2. ^ de:Pioniereisenbahn
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Berliner Parkeisenbahn - Fahrplan". www.parkeisenbahn.de.
  5. ^ "Parkeisenbahn". www.gera.de.
  6. ^ "Görlitzer Oldtimer Parkeisenbahn - Startseite". www.goerlitzerparkeisenbahn.de.
  7. ^ Wodzinski, Christian. "Startseite". www.pe-halle.de.
  8. ^ "Förderverein Parkeisenbahn Syratal Plauen - Home". www.parkeisenbahn-plauen.de.

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