| Kokshetau Children's Railway | |
| Open: | 6 August 1978 |
| Close: | 1996 |
| Linelength: | Total: 1.8km (01.1miles) |
The Kokshetau Children's Railway (Kazakh: Көкшетау балалар темір жолы|translit=Kökşetau balalar temır joly; Russian: Кокшета́уская де́тская желе́зная доро́га) was a narrow gauge children's railway in Kokshetau in Kazakhstan.[1] The track with a gauge of had a length of 1.8km (01.1miles). It had one railway station. The railway was inaugrarated on 6 August 1978 as one of the many pioneer railways in the Soviet Union.[2] It was taken out of service and dismantled in 1996.
So far the track had a length of 1.8km (01.1miles). It had one station.[3]
It was 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 6 August 1978 and continued functioning until 1996.[4] The railway line counted 1 station: Sinegorie (or Sinegorye).[5]
The trains had the names such as Yunyy Kokchetavets (Юный Кокчетавец, Young Kokshetau resident) and so on.[6]