Children's Railroad (Minsk)


K. S. Zaslonov Children's Railroad in Minsk is a narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk, Belarus.

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. There was a 3-year program to train future railway personnel. In 1971 the railway was named after railman Konstantin Zaslonov, a Hero of the Soviet Union who had commanded a partisan brigade.
The railway line counts 3 stations : Zaslonovo, Pionerskaya and Sosnovy Bor ; and a pair of rail loops after the end stops. Zaslonovo is located between the Metro stations Park Čaliuskincaŭ and Maskoŭskaja, both on the Maskoŭskaja line.

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