The Kokshetau Children's Railway ( kk, Көкшетау балалар темір жолы, translit=Kökşetau balalar temır joly; russian: Кокшета́уская де́тская желе́зная доро́га) was a narrow gauge children's railway in Kokshetau in

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. The track with a gauge of had a length of . It had one railway stations. The railway was inaugrarated on 6 August 1978 as one of the many

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2000–2015. Retrieved 12 November 2017. It was taken out of service and dismantled in 1996.

Route

So far the track had a length of . It had one station.Kokchetav Children's Railway.
Downloaded on 27 November 2020.

Overview

It was fully operated by teenagers. One of many children's railways that existed in the

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and continued functioning after its breakup in post-Soviet states, it was opened on 6 August 1978 and continued functioning until 1996. The railway line counted 1 station: Sinegorie (or Sinegorye).

Rolling stock

Carriages

The trains had the names such as ''Yunyy Kokchetavets'' (Юный Кокчетавец, ''Young Kokshetau resident'') and so on.

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