K. S. Zaslonov Children's Railroad in Minsk ( be, Дзiцячая чыгунка, ; russian: Минская детская железная дорога имени К.С.Заслонова, ) is a

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

loop passing through the

Chelyuskinites Park Chelyuskinetes Park or Park Čaliuskincaŭ ( be, Парк Чалюскiнцаў, russian: Парк Челюскинцев) is an urban forest park in Minsk, Belarus. The park's area is 78 hectares. The park contains an amusement park. Other at ...

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

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It is fully operated by teenagers. One of many

children's railway A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where children interested in rail transport can learn railway professions. This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. T ...

s that existed in the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

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 Konstantin Sergeyevich Zaslonov ( be, Канстанцін Сяргеевіч Заслонаў, translit=Kanstancin Siarhieievič Zaslonaŭ; russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Засло́нов), ( – 14 November 1942) was a no ...

, a Hero of the Soviet Union who had commanded a partisan brigade. The railway line counts 3 stations (listed from north to south): Zaslonovo, Pionerskaya (or Pionerskaja) and Sosnovy Bor (or Sosnovyj Bor); and a pair of rail loops after the end stops. Zaslonovo is located between the

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stations Park Čaliuskincaŭ and Maskoŭskaja, both on the

Maskoŭskaja line The Maskoŭskaja line (also referred to as Maskowskaya line or Moskovskaya line) ( be, Маскоўская лінія; russian: Московская линия, Moskovskaya liniya; lit: "Moscow line") is a line of the Minsk Metro The Minsk M ...

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Minsk Children Railway - Pionerskaya station.jpg, Pionerskaya station Minsk Children Railway - Sosnovy Bor station.jpg, Sosnovy Bor station Belarus-Minsk-Children Railroad-4.jpg, A train in Zaslonovo

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External links

Official site of the railway

Amusement rides introduced in 1955 Transport in Minsk Rail transport in Belarus Children's railways Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union Rail transport in the Soviet Union 750 mm gauge railways in Belarus 1955 establishments in Belarus {{Belarus-transport-stub

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