Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka (Park Railway Maltanka) inPoznań,Poland (600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge).Steam locomotive onKyiv Children's Railway,Ukraine,750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge.
Achildren's railway orpioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where children interested in rail transport can learnrailway professions. This phenomenon originated in theUSSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. The world's first children's railway was opened inGorky Park,Moscow,[1] in 1932. At the breakup of the USSR, 52 children's railways existed in the country.
Many children's railways are still functioning in post-Soviet states and Eastern European countries. Many feature railway technology not seen anymore on the main lines and can be consideredheritage railways. Though few exceptions exist, most children's railways built in theEastern Bloc have atrack gauge of at least600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)[2] and can carry full sizenarrow gaugerolling stock.
Train of Novosibirsk Children's RailwayKp4-447 Southern St.Peterburg Children's Railway with tender from Kch4-332. Taken at Molodejnaya Station at the North end of the line
