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On April 12 the Budapest Childrens Railway celebrates its birthday. Families and small railroaders are welcome at the Huvosvolgy Vehicle and below the station.
The Childrens Railway line began to be built exactly 77 years ago on April 11 1948 on Szechenyi Mountain and this is remembered every year on the second Saturday of April on the Small Railway Day. Saturdays event will be welcomed from 10 am to 4 pm at the Childrens Railway at the Huvosvolgyi Vehicle Center and in the reception park below the station. Children visiting the open day can try the uniform and do the ticket testing with real railway equipment. The salon cars have a LEGO terrain table and a casual historical exhibition. There will also be vehicle shows at the traction farm for small railway locomotives and cars: a steam locomotive can be viewed inside and out small railway lovers can board a traditional MK45-type diesel locomotive the C50 small locomotive and the Lillafured. Members of the childrens railway fleet other special vehicles freight wagons and the MK49 locomotive are also lined up on the storage tracks.
In addition to the trains nostalgia buses await visitors below the Huvosvolgy Station: besides a Volan Ikarusa the BKV Ikarus 556 bus and two country Ikarus 280 articulated bus will be exhibited. Trains will also travel on a sustainability terrain table in the underpass leading to the platform.
The trains of the childrens railroad between Huvosvolgy and Szechenyihegy are on the usual spring schedule: traditional passenger trains depart from the two terminals every 40-50 minutes. The locomotives at the Small Railway Day are not only lined up not only at the traction site but also on deposits between Huvosvolgy and Szepjuhaszne will also make a special charges with those interested thus traveling with a train steam locomotive the Lillafured motor car and the green C50. In the pleasant spring time the forest stretch can be excellent photo themes the less frequently visible small railroad vehicles.
Details on the Childrens Railway website: https://gygyvasut.hu/2025/04/gyvasvasut-napja-2025-aprilis-12/
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