The Park Railway Maltanka (, sometimes abbreviated to Maltanka) is a narrow gauge railway located in Poznaà Â. It is long and is owned by Miejskie PrzedsiÃÂbiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Poznaniu Sp. z o.o. (). The line connects Rondo à Âródka (à Âródka Roundabout) and New Zoo transporting max. 150.000 passengers annually (e.g. 2019 - 138.122 passengers; 2020 - "Covid year" with extremely low result - 73.502 passengers).
The first narrow gauge railway, called the Harcerska Kolejka DzieciÃÂca () in Poznaà Â, was built in 1956 and was operated by Polish Scouting Association (see Children's railway). This long route connected Ogród Jordanowski and à ÂÃÂgi DÃÂbià Âskie (). During construction of Hetmaà Âska Str, part of second road ring of Poznaà Â, the authorities decide to move the railway to a new location where the line would not conflict with main communication arteries. The railway, now renamed Maltanka was re-opened on 21 July 1972 in Malta. Since then it has been operated by Public Transport Company. In 1998 its name was changed to Maltaà Âska Kolej DzieciÃÂca (), and again in 2002 to its current name.
The name Maltanka comes from the Knights of Malta, who used to own the land and the old church nearby.
In 2013âÂÂ2022 years the railway carried approximately between 120 and 140 thousand of passengers a year (in 2016: 142,700) and until 2016 it was the second most popular in Poland, then the third (after Seaside and Bieszczady railways).