Children's Railroad (Minsk)
Coordinates: 53°55′34″N 27°37′18″E / 53.925994°N 27.621732°E
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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 narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk, Belarus.[1]
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[edit] 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.
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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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (Russian) Infos about the railway
[edit] External links
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- (Russian) Official site of the railway
- (Russian) K.S. Zaslonov children's railway (on dzd-ussr.ru)
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