Heritage route
Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút)
Széchenyi-hegy → Hűvösvölgy · Hungary
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A 760 mm line through the Buda Hills staffed almost entirely by children aged 10–14: a Young Pioneer legacy still running today.
Stations
- 0 kmSzéchenyihegy
- 0 kmNormafa
- 1 kmCsillebérc
- 3 kmVirágvölgy
- 4 kmJánoshegy
- 6 kmSzépjuhászné
- 8 kmHárshegy
- 10 kmHűvösvölgy
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11579632 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: MÁV-START — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút)?
The Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút) runs 11 km from Széchenyi-hegy to Hűvösvölgy.
How long does the Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 45 min for the 11 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 20 km/h.
Who runs the Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút)?
MÁV-START, with Mk45 + narrow-gauge coaches.
How old is the Children’s Railway (Gyermekvasút)?
The line has been in service since 1950. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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