Children's Railway

About

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

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.

- 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 ).