The children's railway in Moscow was built by pioneers. Her design began in late 1935, and two years later, more than two kilometers of the railroad track were built. In the May holidays of 1937 the most significant event occurred - the launch of two trains. Initially, they had the name: VL-1 (in honor of Vladimir Lenin) and IS-1 (in honor of Joseph Stalin).

During the war period, the children's road was removed and hidden, and students restored it only after a grand victory. The total distance of the road to date is 3.8 km. Subsequent reconstruction For 50 years, various modifications were made to this project in order to maximize the children's railway in Moscow in reality: In 1957, new trailers were ordered from Poland. The old IS-1 was taken out of service. In exchange, he was supplied with a new diesel locomotive TU2-078. Until 1963, the attraction worked only in summer mode, but after the introduction of some adjustments, it began to work all year round. In 1971, major repairs were carried out, and in 1972 the road received a new steam locomotive TU2-129. Since 1982, old passenger cars of the passenger locomotive PV40 have been replaced, which are still in use today. The last time on this road major repairs were made in 2005, under which all the main routes were replaced.

The local administration is very concerned about this attraction. And annually, work is carried out there to support its functioning. Features of traffic The described railway is designed to transport small children. In summer two locomotives run here, to each of which six cars are attached. Initially, only three stations were created for stopping, namely: "School", "Youth" and "Pioneer". On each of them there are special entertainments for different age category. Not so long ago, in 2006, there was a new stop - "Children's".

An amazing feature of this road is that all organizational work is carried out by schoolchildren, whose age ranges from 11 to 17 years. They manage the transport, sell tickets, carry out repairs and perform other important tasks. Previously, they are trained in specialized circles of young railway workers.