Yekaterinburg children railway

Yekaterinburg children railway
O&K steam locomotive № 12350 (№ 9) with a
passenger train on the track from Sun to Central
Map
Line length:2.8 km (1.7 miles)
Track gauge:750 mm (29,5 inches)
Legend
 Central (main station) (Центральная)
 Sun (Солнечная )
 Pioneer (Пионерская )
 Jubilee in the balloon loop (Юбилейная )

Nikolay Ostrovsky's Yekaterinburg children railway (rus. Малая Свердловская железная дорога имени Н. А. Островского; other names - MSZHD, DSZHD, Sverdlovsk children railway) is a children's railway in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia.

The track with a gauge of 750 mm (29,5 inches) has so far a length of 2.8 km (1.7 miles). It has four stations. The round trip lasts 27 min.

It was opened for passengers on 9 July 1960.

It has three locomotives (ТU7А, TU10 and TU2 type) and several all-metallic Polish passenger wagons «Pafawag».


Coordinates: 56°49′04″N 60°38′34″E / 56.81778°N 60.64278°E / 56.81778; 60.64278

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