Yaroslavl children's railway, Children's railway in Yaroslavl, Russia.
The Yaroslavl children's railway runs 5.7 km through Yakovlevsky Bor on the city's edge, with two stations, Pionerskaya and Yakovlevskaya, and three platforms: Zelyonaya, Lugovaya and Yubileynaya. The track is narrow gauge, and the depot at Pionerskaya holds a model railway and a driver-training simulator. The line opened in its current form in 1970.
The first line opened in 1946 in the Zavolzhsky district on the Volga bank, running 5.5 km with stations Volga, Rodina and Pobeda. Shore erosion during the filling of the Gorky Reservoir halted trains in December 1958. A new 3.2 km line opened on 17 April 1970 in Yakovlevsky Bor, and it reopened on 31 July 2008 after reconstruction.
The railway is a training ground where children from Yaroslavl learn railway trades, with a depot at Pionerskaya station housing a model railway and a locomotive driver simulator. The line has five stopping points, including Pionerskaya and Yakovlevskaya stations and the Zelyonaya, Lugovaya and Yubileynaya platforms.
The line is open to visitors annually from May to September. It has five stopping points: the main station Pionerskaya, the station Yakovlevskaya, and the platforms Zelyonaya, Lugovaya and Yubileynaya. The depot is at Pionerskaya, where a model railway and a driver-training simulator are kept.
Many visitors do not realize that children actually work as train drivers, conductors, and station staff, not just riding as passengers. This makes the experience far more than just a train ride.
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