Unique battery-powered narrow gauge park train in Plovdiv, Bulgaria built in 1979 | 4K

The children railway “Banner of peace” in Plovdiv has been built during the communist regime in 1979. Originally, the railroad had been operates by children under supervision, including station masters, railway crossing, ticket master and even the driver of the train.

In 1997, following the abrupt changes in Bulgaria after the change of the regime in the beginning of the nineties, the train closes down; the batteries of the locomotive are exhausted; the tracks are in poor condition. For ten years, the train remains in disrepair and worsening condition.

In 2007, the Plovdiv municipality uptakes a big scale project to restore it. New batteries are bought and the loco and cars are repaired and get a new paint job. The tracks are restored and the train has it’s first run after ten years of disuse on the Child’s day, the first of june 2007. With a few pauses in operation it is still ran every day up to today, six trains a day. It has summer and winter schedule. Days off are Monday and Tuesday.

The locomotive is an electric mining locomotive, converted for the needs of the children’s railroad. Price for the tide is 0.5 eur.

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