Moscow’s longest 6-kilometre children’s railway will be opened at Skazka Park in Krylatskoye next summer. It will run across the park’s entire area, including the Clownarium, Husky Land and the Magic Cave Geological Museum. The railway will offer guided tours. The guides will talk about the specifics of operating a locomotive and the history of Russian Railways.
“Station masters will be expecting the pleasure trains at each stop and will talk about the nearby inhabitants, such as the husky dogs in Husky Land,” a Skazka Park spokesperson said.
Though running automatically and lacking a driver, the train will resemble early 20thcentury equipment with up to 10 riders per each of the six coaches. The engine will be controlled remotely from booths in the park but riders will be able to play the part of an engine driver.
The project will get under way in the spring. The railway will have interactive semaphores, decorative tunnels and other infrastructure.
Skazka Park opened in the summer of 2016 at the Moskvoretsky Nature and History Park in the Western Administrative Area.
The Moscow Region’s only five-kilometre children’s railway that was built in Soviet times is still in operation at the village of Kratovo in the Ramenskoye District. It uses real trains with diesel locomotives. In the summer, the railway offers rides for fun but generally it serves as an educational tool for those planning to be trained professionally as engine drivers. There is also the Young Railwayman society that accepts school students starting from the 5th grade.
Source: Mos.ru