Children's railway

This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times.

The world's first children's railway was opened in Gorky 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.

Though few exceptions exist, most children's railways built in the Eastern Bloc have a track gauge of at least 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)[2] and can carry full size narrow gauge rolling stock.

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka (Park Railway Maltanka) in Poznań , Poland ( 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 8 in ) gauge).
Steam locomotive on Kyiv Children's Railway, Ukraine , 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 1 2 in ) gauge.
Train of Novosibirsk Children's Railway
Kp4-447 Southern St.Peterburg Children's Railway with tender from Kch4-332. Taken at Molodejnaya Station at the North end of the line