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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 feature railway technology not seen anymore on the main lines and can be considered heritage railways. 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

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Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Belarus

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Bulgaria

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China

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Cuba

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Georgia

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Germany

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Hungary

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Kazakhstan

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Poland

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Russia

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Slovakia

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Slovenia

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Turkey

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Turkmenistan

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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Uzbekistan

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See also

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References

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  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 &ndash, 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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