Private company

Children's railway in Almaty

Rail line

The Alma-Ata Children's Railway (Russian: Алма-Атинская детская железная дорога, romanized: Alma-Atinskaya detskaya zheleznaya doroga) 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 (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and a length of 1.24 km (0.77 mi).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 13, 1952Founded1
  • HeadquartersAlmaty1
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Photo: User:Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Alma-Ata Children's Railway (Russian: Алма-Атинская детская железная дорога, romanized: Alma-Atinskaya detskaya zheleznaya doroga) 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 (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and a length of 1.24 km (0.77 mi).2

Timeline

  1. Sep 13, 1952Founded Founded1

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