Yekaterinburg children railway

Nikolay Ostrovsky's Yekaterinburg children railway (Russian: Малая Свердловская железная дорога имени Н. А. Островского; other names - MSZHD, DSZHD, Sverdlovsk children railway) is a children's railway in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Yekaterinburg children railway
O&K steam locomotive № 12350 (№ 9) with a
passenger train on the track from Sun to Central
Map
Technical
Line length2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Track gauge750 mm (29,5 inches)
Route map

 Central (main station) (Центральная)
 Sun (Солнечная)
 Pioneer (Пионерская)
 Jubilee in the balloon loop (Юбилейная)

The track with a gauge of 750 mm (29,5 inches) has so far a length of 2.8 km (1.7 miles). It has four stations. The round trip lasts 27 min.

It was opened for passengers on 9 July 1960.

It has three locomotives (TU7А, TU10 and TU2 type) and several all-metallic Polish passenger wagons «Pafawag».


56°49′04″N 60°38′34″E

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