Children's Railway (Efteling)

The Children’s Railway is a pedal train attraction in the Efteling amusement park.^[1]

View upon the ride from Pagode

view from the other end

History

The level crossing open...

...and closed as a train approaches

The track was introduced in 1954 under the name Pedal Trains (Dutch: Traptreintjes) in the northern section of the park. The concept was developed by Peter Reijnders, who wanted to create a world where children could ride through, including a farm with corn fields, a pond, the railway station The Blue Heron (Dutch: de Blauwe Reiger) and a level crossing. The guard at this crossing is modeled after Reijnders. The original braking system in the station caused quite some accidents as it was quite abrupt.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000 the ride was moved to the eastern side of the ornamental pond and renamed Children Railway (Dutch: Kinderspoor)

In the past, there was a small cross-country skiing track in the winter.

Ride details

Station Blue Heron

• Ride length: 2 minutes
• Ride capacity: 750 passengers/ hour
• The trains are named after bird species
• During Winter Efteling the Children’s Railway is transformed into the langlauf track the Panting Deer (Dutch: 't Hijgend Hert).

See also

• Children's Railway (disambiguation)