Košice Children's Heritage Railway
The Košice Children's Heritage Railway ( Slovak: ''Košická detská historická železnica'', KDHŽ) is a long single-track heritage railway with a track gauge of . The railway was opened on 20 September 1955 as a pioneer railway near Košice in Slovakia and is still in operation today. It is located in the rural part of the city's Košice-Sever borough. The route is operated by the civic association ''Children's Railway Košice'' in close cooperation with the city of Košice and private partners. The route has three stations: Čermeľ (Čermeľ-Baránok), Vpred (Čermeľ-Vodáreň) and Alpinka (formerly Pioneer). The train journey takes about 20 minutes. The children's railway season starts traditionally on 1 May and usually lasts in late autumn. With the exception of the train driver, the ticketing manager and the children's station manager, the train is run by children under the supervision of adults, with a break from 1990 to 2011, when adults took over. p. 12. Histor ...
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