page_title: Alma-Ata Children's Railway
section_title: Current use
hierarchical_section_title: Alma-Ata Children's Railway / Current use
caption_attribution_description: English: Children's Railway in Almaty's Central Parkt Русский: Детская железная дорога в ЦПКиО Алматы
context_page_description: The Alma-Ata Children's Railway is a narrow-gauge children's railway in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which was called Alma-Ata from 1921 to 1993. The main route of the track had a gauge of 750 mm and a length of 1.24 km. It was inaugurated on 13 September 1952 as one of many pioneer railways in the Soviet Union and on 20 July 1997 it was temporarily decommissioned. Since 2006 it has operated as a ridable miniature railway for entertainment rather than an educational purpose.
context_section_description: Central Park was privatized in 1999, and the track and one of the stations was subsequently restored. The railway currently operates as a private enterprise using a miniature Italian diesel locomotive built to look like a steam locomotive with three open carriages. A fake tunnel that is too small for any of the traditional locomotives or carriages has been erected over the railway track. Prior to entering the tunnel, actors playing Native Americans sometimes pretend to attack the train. Inside the tunnel, the railway sometimes puts on a puppet show. At the end of August 2001, the wooden Dostyk station building burned down.
caption: Modern rolling stock of the children's railway, 2007
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