Children's railway

A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where children 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.

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka (Park Railway Maltanka) in Poznań, Poland (600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge).
Steam locomotive on Kyiv Children's Railway, Ukraine, 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge.

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+5⁄8 in)[2] and can carry full size narrow gauge rolling stock.

List of children's railways

Armenia
  • Yerevan Children's Railway

Azerbaijan
  • Baku Children's Railway

Belarus
  • Children's Railroad (Minsk)

Bulgaria

China

Cuba
  • Camagüey, Parque Camilo Cienfuegos
  • Havana, Parque Lenin (not operating)
  • Havana, Havana Zoo

Georgia

Germany
  • Berliner Parkeisenbahn,[4] Berlin, Wuhlheide
  • Parkeisenbahn Krumbholz, Bernburg, Krumbholzallee
  • Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Küchwald
  • 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

Poland
  • Chorzów, Silesian Culture and Recreation Park
  • Poznań, Park Railway Maltanka (now run by the city)

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
  • Košice Children's Heritage Railway, Košice

Slovenia

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

United Kingdom
  • Downs Light Railway

Uzbekistan

See also

References
  1. Children's railways: Gorky Park, Moscow (in Russian)
  2. de:Pioniereisenbahn
  3. "Cildren's Railroad "Zname na mira" in Plovdiv". Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  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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