3.6.2009
The Donetsk children’s railway took the second place in the V All-Ukrainian gathering of the young railwaymen

 

On the 1st of June, 2009, the V All-Ukrainian gathering of the young railwaymen was held on the basis of the Kharkiv children’s railway. 15 representatives from 8 small railways of Ukraine participated in the gathering. According to the competitions, the Donetsk children’s railway took the second place, being inferior to the Kharkiv children’s railway only on 1.5 team grade.

 

The best were determined in 5 nominations and young Donetsk railwaymen took the following winning places: “The best knower of the general railway courses” – Svitlana Skirda (first place), “The best knower of carriage utilities” – Serhiy Simjonov (the first place), “The best knower of locomotive utilities” – Vladyslav Kazhedub (the third place).

 

The Donetsk children’s railway received home cinema as a present for the general second place. The winners got the following presents from the action organizers: for the first place – digital photo camera, the second – video player, the third – audio player.

 

The management of the Donetsk children’s railway is sure that such gatherings develop quick-wittedness and orderliness, form the skill to work in a team, create favourable conditions for conscious choice of the profession. For instance, 48 graduators out of 64 from the children’s highway entered railway educational establishments in 2008. they are the following: Yasynuvatsky technical lyceum, Slov’yansky and Artemivsky railway technical colleges and also the Donetsk railway transport institute.