If you were once lucky enough to ride intrailers mini-trains, scurrying on the children's railway, it certainly remained a warm joyful memory in your memory. After all, the children's railway is the most real railway - stations, canvas, rails, cars, locomotives, platforms, machinists. But only the passengers here are children, and they have their own road. Little Khabarovsk residents are lucky as residents of few Russian cities - they have their own railway.
About the Far Eastern Children's Railway
So, more. Far Eastern Children's Railway - narrow-gauge railway line of the city of Khabarovsk. It has a length of 2.5 km and 5 stops:
- Pionerskaya station;
- platform "Lake";
- platform "State Farm";
- station "Jubilee";
- depot
We give a brief description of the Khabarovsk children's narrow-gauge railway:
- Rolling stock:
- Locomotives: two TU-7, one TU-7A, one TU-10.
- Cars: six passenger all-metal PV51, three VP750.
- One cargo platform.
- Track - 750 mm.
- Rail type - R-50.
- An automatic lock in the compartment with electric alarm.
- The content of this section of the route is beyond the Fifth Khabarovsk distance of the Far Eastern Railway.
Для юных железнодорожников ведутся занятия по four areas: alarm, communications, locomotive and carriage facilities. In addition, guys can try themselves in real professions here! At their choice:
- driver and assistant driver;
- conductor;
- car inspector;
- auditor;
- station duty officer;
- station cashier;
- station duty officer;
- train cashier.
Students are invited to classes from 5 to 11 class. The guys are very interesting.
History of Khabarovsk Children's Railway
The construction of such a special project was carried out.exclusively on a voluntary basis. It was attended by young people, Komsomol members and not indifferent residents of the Zheleznodorozhny district of the city. With the discovery, ripe exactly for the centenary of Khabarovsk - on May 19, 1958 the first train was solemnly launched along the narrow gauge railway. At that time, the road was a ring with a total length of 600 m, along which the locomotive cruised with four open carriages with a capacity of 15 passengers.
As early as next year, the Khabarovsk children's railway began to modernize, becoming more and more serious:
- In 1959, the locomotive replaced the presentnarrow gauge train of series 159. It can still be seen today on a pedestal at the Pionerskaya station. The road was extended to K. Marx Street, the flights were replaced. The total length of the route along it then was 3.3 km.
- In 1965, wooden trailers were replaced with Polish-made all-metal special cars that accommodate up to 38 passengers each.
- In 1967, it was decided to move the road away from the central avenue of the city, which reduced it by 600 meters.
- In 1968, an old steam locomotive changed two TU-2 diesel locomotives.
- In 1972, a real railway station was built at Pionerskaya where there was a waiting room, workshops, training and service offices.
- The year 1974 was marked by the construction of a dormitory where practitioners on this narrow-gauge railway stopped.
- In 1979, a full-fledged depot was built with a viewing pit for one locomotive.
- In 1986-1987 the rolling stock was thoroughly updated: the Polish "Pafag" was replaced by the domestic Demikhov PW51, and the TU2 diesel locomotives were replaced by the newer TU7.
- In 1999, a large-scalereconstruction of the children's railway: the station and the school building were repaired, the web was raised, the sleepers, rails, switches were replaced, the alarm and communication systems were modernized.
Contact Information
The address where you can find a small Far Eastern Railway - st. Karl Marx, 109B. This point can be reached by the following routes:
- To stop "Children's railway": bus number 13, 40 or "minibus" number 77, or number 82.
- To stop "Monument to the Partisans": bus number 20, 26, 28, 35, 47, 55, 59, or trolley bus number 1, 2.
The current head of the Khabarovsk FEDD - Kozhanov Alexander Dmitrievich. Responsible serious leader
Work schedule
Children's railway in Khabarovsk is openonly in the warm season - from May 22 (June 1) to September 1. Ride in such an unusual composition can anyone, even one who is a child only in the shower.
All trains depart from the station called "Pionerskaya" six days a week, except Monday. Eight flights depart daily:
- 10:00;
- 10:45;
- 11:30;
- 12:15;
- 14:10;
- 14:55;
- 15:40;
- 16:20.
Ticket prices
As on the adult prototype, the fare on the children's railway in Khabarovsk is paid. The current ticket prices for 2017 are as follows:
- For adults - 120 rubles.
- For children over 3 years old - 80 rubles.
- For kids under 3 years old the fare is completely free.
Children's railways - a favorite attractionSoviet children, alas, are becoming a thing of the past. Councils of many cities consider it unprofitable for the subject to maintain such an economy. In Khabarovsk, the situation is quite different - the children's railway, built at the end of the fifties, not only carries satisfied young passengers, but also invites them to participate in railway business in actual positions. In addition, its adult management does not forget about the reconstruction, repair, renovation of the railway bed.
