- Children's Railroad (Minsk)
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Coordinates: 53°55′34″N 27°37′18″E / 53.925994°N 27.621732°E
Children's Railroad of Minsk Line length: 3.79 Legend
0.00 Zaslonovo (Заслоново) 
1.80 Pionerskaya (Пионерская) 
3.79 Sosnovy Bor (Сосновый Бор) 
A locomotive in Zaslonovo
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 narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk, Belarus.[1]
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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.
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 Chelyuskintsev and Moskovskaya, both part of Moskovskaya Line.
Photogallery
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Zaslonovo station
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Pionerskaya station
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Sosnovy Bor station
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A train in Zaslonovo
See also
- Children's railway
- Rail transport in Belarus
- Belorusskaja Železnaja Doroga
- Minsk Passazhirsky railway station
References
- ^ (Russian) Infos about the railway
External links
- (Russian) Official site of the railway
- (Russian) K.S. Zaslonov children's railway (on dzd-ussr.ru)
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