Shymkent Children's Railway
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| Track gauge | 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Shymkent Children's Railway (Russian: Чимкентская детская железная дорога им. Героя Советского Союза Гани Муратбаева, Tschimkentskaja detskaja schelesnaja doroga im. Geroja Sowetskowo Sojusa Gani Muratbajewa) is a narrow gauge children's railway in Shymkent in Kazachstan. The track with a gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) has a length of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). It has two railway stations. The railway was inaugurated in 1980 as one of the many pioneer railways in the Soviet Union.[1][2]
The children's railway was designed and built by volunteers starting in autumn 1979, the UNESCO proclaimed International Year of the Child. The railway station was designed by Juschgorsel Project Institute (Южгорсельпроект) and the tunnel and the bridge by the Giprofosfor Institute (Гипрофосфор). The architecture of the railway station was nominated for the Lenin Prize. Tulpar railway stations resembles a funny camel, which has the snout of a lions cub for some reason,[1] although Tulpar is actually a winged stallion in Kazach folklore.[2] The first train ran in February 1980, and in May of the same year the railway was regularly used.
