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Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka (Park Railway Maltanka) in Poznań, Poland (600mm gauge).

Steam Locomotive on Kiev Children's Railway, Ukraine (750mm gauge).

A children's railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers 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 Moscow, in Gorky Park^[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. Examples include a children's railway in Minsk, one in Yaroslavl and many other cities.

List of children's railways

There are children's railways situated in following cities:

See also

• Ridable miniature railway
• Backyard railroad
• Train ride
• Garden railway

References

1. ^ Children's railways: Gorky Park, Moscow (Russian)
2. ^ Children`s Railroad in Kazan

External links

• Children's railways of the USSR (Russian)
• railways.id.ru (English)
• [1] (Hungarian)
• [2] (Hungarian)
• [3] (Hungarian)