The Park Railway Maltanka ( pl, Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka, sometimes abbreviated to Maltanka) 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 ...

railway located in

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. It is long and is owned by ''Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Poznaniu Sp. z o.o.'' ( en, Public Transport Company in Poznań Ltd.). The line connects Rondo Śródka (Śródka Roundabout) and

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transporting max. 150.000 passengers annually (e.g. 2019 - 138.122 passengers; 2020 - "Covid year" with extremely low result - 73.502 passengersŚwiat Kolei 10/2020).

History

The first narrow gauge railway, called the ''Harcerska Kolejka Dziecięca'' ( en, Scout Children Railway) in

, was built in 1956 and was operated by

Polish Scouting Association , type = organization , headquarters = ZHP Headquarters Warsaw , location = Warszawa, Konopnickiej 6 , country = Poland , f-date = 1 November 1918 , founder = Andrzej Małkowski, Olga Małkowska , members = 138,112 , chiefscouttitle = N ...

(see

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 ...

). This long route connected Ogród Jordanowski and Łęgi Dębińskie ( en, Dębina Meadow). During construction of Hetmańska Str, part of second road ring of Poznań, the authorities decide to move the railway to a new location where the line would not conflict with main communication arteries. The railway, now renamed ''Maltanka'' was re-opened on 21 July 1972 in

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. Since then it has been operated by ''Public Transport Company''. In 1998 its name was changed to ''Maltańska Kolej Dziecięca'' ( en, Maltan Children's railway), and again in 2002 to its current name. The name ''Maltanka'' comes from the

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, who used to own the land and the old church nearby.

Stops

*Maltanka *Ptyś *Balbinka *Przystań (planned) *Zwierzyniec

Rolling stock

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...

Bn2t 11458 "Borsig" built in 1925 *

Tx26 423 built in 1926 *Diesel

railcar A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach (carriage, car), with a drive ...

MBxc1-41 "Ryjek" built in 1932 *

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WLs40-100 built in 1956 *

WLs40-1225 built in 1961 *

WLs50-1563 built in 1964 *passenger cars (#1, 2, 3, 4) built in 1956 *passenger cars (#5 and 8) built in 1972 *passenger cars (#6 and 7) built in 2010

References

External links

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka video

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka video part 1

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka video part 2

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka video part 3

Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka video part 4
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