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Yerevan Children's Railway

Coordinates: 40°11′12″N 44°30′02″E / 40.1866°N 44.5005°E / 40.1866; 44.5005
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The Yerevan Children's railway.

Yerevan Children's Railway (Armenian: Երևանի մանկական երկաթուղի) is a narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Hrazdan gorge in Yerevan, Armenia. 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 June 9, 1937. Master plan and old wood building were designed by architect Mikael Mazmanyan in 1937. The current main Station was designed and built by architect Babken Sedrak Hakobyan in the late 1940s.

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40°11′12″N 44°30′02″E / 40.1866°N 44.5005°E / 40.1866; 44.5005