Children's railway in Khabarovsk: modernity, history, fare, contact information

If you were once lucky enough to go for a drive intrailers of mini-convoys scurrying around the children's railway, it certainly remained a warm joyful memory in your memory. After all, the children's railway is the most real railway - stations, linen, rails, cars, locomotives, platforms, machinists. But only the passengers here are children, and they have their own way. Small Khabarovsk residents were lucky, as residents of a few cities in Russia - they have their own railway backbone.

About the Far Eastern Children's Railway

So, more in detail. The Far Eastern Children's Railway is a narrow-gauge railway line in the city of Khabarovsk. It has a length of 2.5 km and 5 stops:

• station "Pionerskaya";
• platform "Ozernaya";
• platform "Sovkhoznaya";
• station "Jubilee";
• depot.

Here is a brief description of the Khabarovsk children's narrow-gauge railway:

• Rolling Stock:
  • Locomotives: two TU-7, one TU-7A, one TU-10.
  • Wagons: six passenger all-metal ПВ51, three ВП750.
  • One cargo platform.
• The track is 750 mm.
• The rail type is P-50.
• Automatic locking in the compartment with electrical signaling was carried out.
• The content of this section of the route is beyond the Fifth Khabarovsk distances of the way of the Far Eastern Railway.

For young railway workers,four directions: signaling, communication, locomotive and carload economy. In addition, the guys can try themselves here in real professions! On their choice:

• Engineer and assistant driver;
• conductor;
• car inspector;
• auditor;
• station duty officer;
• station cashier;
• station duty officer;
• train cashier.

Students are invited to classes from the 5th to the 11th grade. It's very interesting for the guys.

History of the Children's Railway of Khabarovsk

The construction of such a special project was conductedexclusively on a voluntary basis. Young people, Komsomol members and not indifferent inhabitants of Zheleznodorozhny district of the city participated in it. With the opening of a rush to the century Khabarovsk - May 19, 1958 on the narrow-gauge railway, the first train was solemnly launched. Then the road was a ring with a total length of 600 m, along which a motorized engine operated with four open carriages, accommodating 15 passengers.

Already from the next year the children's railway of Khabarovsk began to be modernized, acquiring an increasingly serious form:

• In 1959, the locomotive replaced the presentnarrow-gauge locomotive of the series 159. It can still be seen today on the pedestal at the Pionerskaya station. The road was extended to K. Marx Street, the flights were replaced. The total length of the route along it was then 3.3 km.
• In 1965 wooden wagons replaced special all-metal cars of Polish production, accommodating up to 38 passengers each.
• In 1967, it was decided to push the road from the central avenue of the city, why it was cut by 600 meters.
• In 1968 an old steam locomotive was replaced by two diesel locomotives TU-2.
• In 1972, the Pionerskaya was built a real train station, where there was a waiting room, workshops, training and office rooms.
• 1974 was marked by the construction of a hostel, where practitioners on this narrow-gauge railway stopped.
• In 1979, a full-fledged depot was built with a viewing pit designed for one locomotive.
• In 1986-1987 years. rolling stock thoroughly updated: the Polish "Pafagov" was replaced by domestic Demikhovskiy PV51, and diesel locomotives TU2 - newer TU7.
• In 1999, a large-scalereconstruction of the children's railway: the station and the educational building have been repaired, the canvas has been raised, the sleepers, rails, switches have been replaced, and the alarm and communication systems have been modernized.

Contact Information

The address where you can find a small FAR - ul. Karl Marx, 109B. The following routes can be reached to this point:

• Before the Ost. "Children's Railway": bus number 13, 40 or "minibus" number 77, or number 82.
• Before the Ost. "Monument to the Partisans": bus No. 20, 26, 28, 35, 47, 55, 59, or trolleybus No. 1, 2.

The acting head of the Khabarovsk Far Eastern Railroad is Alexander Dmitrievich Kozhanov. Responsible serious leader

Work schedule

Children's railway in Khabarovsk is openOnly in the warm season - from May 22 (June 1) and on September 1. Anyone who wants to ride in such an unusual composition, even one who is a child only in the shower.

All trains depart from the station called "Pionerskaya" six days a week, except Monday. Eight flights are sent daily:

• 10:00;
• 10:45;
• 11:30;
• 12:15;
• 14:10;
• 14:55;
• 15:40;
• 16:20.

Ticket prices

As well as on the adult prototype, the travel on the children's railway in Khabarovsk is paid. The current ticket price for 2017 is as follows:

• For adults - 120 rubles.
• For children over 3 years old - 80 rubles.
• For children under 3 years old, the journey is completely free.

Children's railways - the favorite attractionSoviet children, alas, goes to the past. The administrations of many cities consider it unfavorable for a subject to maintain such an economy. In Khabarovsk, the situation is quite different: the children's railway built in the late fifties not only drives satisfied small passengers, but also invites them to take part in the railway business in real positions. In addition, her adult management does not forget about the reconstruction, repair, renovation of the railway track.