Szépjuhászné 21.04.2024
MÁV Zrt. Széchenyi-hegy Gyermekvasút: One of the railway traditions of the countries of the former Soviet bloc was the construction of "pioneer railways", small narrow gauge lines that were operated by children, who were part of the "Pioneer Movement" youth organizations related to the Communist Party.
The one in Budapest has a track gauge of 760 mm and a length of 11.2 km between the stations of Széchenyihegy (link with the rack-railway line 60) and Hűvösvölgy (link with several tram and bus lines). The line was put into service in three stages between July 31, 1948 and August 20, 1950.
Following the Hungarian transition from the communist single-party system to a parliamentary democracy, in 1990 the railway was transferred from the Pioneer Movement to the state-owned railway company MÁV.
Currently, the railway is operational between spring and autumn, with between seven and 13 trains per day in each direction. Occasionally a steam train and other heritage vehicles run. After a training program, all railway functions are carried out by girls and boys between 10 and 14 years, supervised by adults, except for driving the locomotives, carried out exclusively by adult railway personnel.
For regular service there are six diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the Mk45 type (numbers 2001 to 2006), built in Romania by the Augusztus 23. Művek factory in 1973. The fleet of passenger cars is made up of eight cars of the Bpu type (built in 1950), and eight open cars of the Cpu type (built in 1963), in addition to another 14 vehicles of several types.
Train 254, from Széchenyihegy to Hűvösvölgy, arrive at the Szépjuhászné station. It consists of the Mk45-2005 diesel locomotive, the salon car H-MÁV 55 55 24-50 203-9 Bu, a standard Bpu car and the 55 55 24-50 202-1 Bpu car.
Szépjuhászné 21.04.2024
MÁV Zrt. Széchenyi-hegy Gyermekvasút: One of the railway traditions of the countries of the former Soviet bloc was the construction of "pioneer railways", small narrow gauge lines that were operated by children, who were part of the "Pioneer Movement" youth organizations related to the Communist Party.
The one in Budapest has a track gauge of 760 mm and a length of 11.2 km between the stations of Széchenyihegy (link with the rack-railway line 60) and Hűvösvölgy (link with several tram and bus lines). The line was put into service in three stages between July 31, 1948 and August 20, 1950.
Following the Hungarian transition from the communist single-party system to a parliamentary democracy, in 1990 the railway was transferred from the Pioneer Movement to the state-owned railway company MÁV.
Currently, the railway is operational between spring and autumn, with between seven and 13 trains per day in each direction. Occasionally a steam train and other heritage vehicles run. After a training program, all railway functions are carried out by girls and boys between 10 and 14 years, supervised by adults, except for driving the locomotives, carried out exclusively by adult railway personnel.
For regular service there are six diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the Mk45 type (numbers 2001 to 2006), built in Romania by the Augusztus 23. Művek factory in 1973. The fleet of passenger cars is made up of eight cars of the Bpu type (built in 1950), and eight open cars of the Cpu type (built in 1963), in addition to another 14 vehicles of several types.
Train 254, from Széchenyihegy to Hűvösvölgy, arrive at the Szépjuhászné station. It consists of the Mk45-2005 diesel locomotive, the salon car H-MÁV 55 55 24-50 203-9 Bu, a standard Bpu car and the 55 55 24-50 202-1 Bpu car.