Children's railway Photo: Children's railway

Children's railway in Tbilisi is the first officially open the children's railway is not only in Georgia but also in the world. The idea of building a road appeared in 1933, during the discussion of the construction of a working model railway in a child's technical station in Tbilisi. Subsequently it was decided to build a complete railroad, which subsequently became a training project.

In September 1934, construction began on the road. In June of 1935 held its Grand opening. Initially, the children's railway has a length of only about 400 m In 1935, after the discovery was made a new project to extend the railway up to 1600 m, but the road was extended only 800 m.

The first locomotive that appeared on the road, was a narrow-gauge locomotive, produced in Germany at the factory Jung. During the great Patriotic war on the Tbilisi railway also operated a vehicle Moog/2 evacuated from Rostov children's railway. In the postwar years came into work in another locomotive series 159. After he entered two more locomotive TL3-035 (1971) and TO-2044 (1987).

In the 1960s the Children's railway station has undergone a major renovation, during which the Solar stations and pioneer were built new station buildings and dismantled a dead end near the depot. In addition, were shortened stubs in the ways of pioneer station.

In the early 1990s due to the paramilitary situation in the country Children's railway was closed. After a while the road work was restored, but not in the quality of education young railwaymen, and for casual transportation. The rolling stock consisted of a locomotive TO-2044. Locomotive AK-1721 was installed pioneer station as a monument.

In 2009, the only movement of the locomotive is stopped, the main reason is the problem. In 2012, the movement of the Children's railway has resumed. The new train you can go for a walk in the Park and look at the miraculously surviving locomotive AK-1721.

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