Maltanka Park Railway
| Kolejka Parkowa Maltanka (Maltanka Park Railway ) |
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 At the station "Maltanka" with the Wls40 -100
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| Route length: | 3.5 km |
| Gauge : | 600 mm ( narrow gauge ) |
The Maltanka Park Railway , or Maltanka for short, is a 600 mm narrow-gauge railway in the Polish city of Poznań . It was created in 1956 as a pioneer railway . It runs over a 3.85 km long route and is owned by the Poznan Public Transport Company ( Polish : Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Poznaniu Sp. Z oo ). The route connects Rondo Śródka and Nowe Zoo (New Zoo). Every year around 100,000 to 130,000 people are transported.
history
The first 600 mm railway, called Harcerska Kolejka Dziecięca ( Boy Scout Railway ) in Poznań was built in 1956 and operated by the Polish Boy Scout Organization according to a widespread educational concept: in addition to a few adults (technology, management), the young pioneers / scouts should have fun learn to take responsibility in a functioning transport company. This initially 1.5 km long route connected the stations Ogród Jordanowski and Łęgi Dębińskie. During the construction of Hetmańska Street, which was part of the second outer ring of Poznań, those responsible decided to move the railway to a new location. The railway, now called Maltanka after the urban area , reopened on July 21, 1972. Since then it has been operated by the Poznan Public Transport Company (MPK). In 1998 the name was changed to Maltańska Kolej Dziecięca (Malta Children's Railway ) and in 2002 it was changed again to the name it now has. There is also a historic steam locomotive from 1925.
Stops
- Maltanka
- Ptyś (out of order)
- Balbinka
- Przystań (planned)
- Zwierzyniec
vehicles
- Steam locomotive Bn2t 11458 "Borsig", built in 1925
- MBxc1-41 “Ryjek” (“Pig Trunk”) petrol railcar, built in 1932
- Diesel locomotive Wls40-100, built 1956
- Diesel locomotive Wls40-1225, built 1961
- Diesel locomotive Wls50-1563, built 1964
- Passenger cars No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, built in 1956
- Passenger cars no.6, 7 and 8, built in 1972 (cars 6 and 7 were scrapped in 2000.)
- Passenger cars No. 6 ′ and 7 ′, built in 2009
