Children's Railroad (Minsk)
Coordinates: 53°55′34″N 27°37′18″E / 53.925994°N 27.621732°E
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Line length | 3.79 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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K. S. Zaslonov Children's Railroad in Minsk (Belarusian: Дзiцячая чыгунка, Dzitsyachaya chyhunka; Russian: Минская детская железная дорога имени К.С.Заслонова, Minskaya detskaya zheleznaya doroga imeni K.S.Zaslonova) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk, Belarus.[1]
Overview
It is fully operated by teenagers. One of many children's railways that existed in the USSR and continued functioning after its breakup in post-Soviet states, it was opened on July 9, 1955. There was a 3-year program to train future railway personnel. In 1971 the railway was named after railman Konstantin Zaslonov, a Hero of the Soviet Union who had commanded a partisan brigade.[2]
The railway line counts 3 stations (listed from north to south): Zaslonovo, Pionerskaya (or Pionerskaja) and Sosnovy Bor (or Sosnovyj Bor); and a pair of rail loops after the end stops. Zaslonovo is located between the Metro stations Park Čaliuskincaŭ and Maskoŭskaja, both on the Maskoŭskaja line.
Photogallery
See also
References
- ^ (in Russian) Infos about the railway
- ^ "Children's railway in Minsk".
External links
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- (in Russian) Official site of the railway
- (in Russian) K.S. Zaslonov children's railway (on dzd-ussr.ru)
- Articles with Russian-language sources (ru)
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Articles containing Belarusian-language text
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Amusement rides introduced in 1955
- Transport in Minsk
- Rail transport in Belarus
- Children's railways
- Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union
- Rail transport in the Soviet Union
- 750 mm gauge railways in Belarus
- 1955 establishments in Belarus
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