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Children's Railroad (Minsk)

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Saslonowo (Заслоново)

Children's Railroad (Minsk)

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Pionerskaja (Пионерская)

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Sosnowyj Bor (Сосновый Бор)

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praspiekt Niezaliežnasci 86, Minsk, Belarus

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Open today · 9AM–1:30PM, 2–5:30PMSunday9AM–1:30PM, 2–5:30PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday9AM–1:30PM, 2–5:30PMThursday9AM–1:30PM, 2–5:30PMFriday9AM–1:30PM, 2–5:30PMSaturday9AM–1:30PM, 2–5:30PM

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K. S. Zaslonov Children's Railroad in Minsk (Belarusian: Дзiцячая чыгунка (Dzitsyachaya chyhunka); Russian: Минская детская железная дорога имени К.С.Заслонова (Minskaya detskaya zheleznaya doroga imeni K.S.Zaslonova) is a 750 mm (2 ft 5 12 in) narrow gauge railroad loop passing through the Chelyuskinites Park in Minsk, Belarus.

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Overview

It is fully operated by teenagers. One of many children's railways that existed in the USSR 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, 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 Metro stations Park Chelyuskintsev and Moskovskaya, both part of Moskovskaya Line.

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Children's Railroad (Minsk) Wikipedia