List of railway museums

A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.

Africa

Egypt

• Egyptian Railway Museum (Cairo)

Kenya

• Nairobi Railway Museum in Nairobi

Nigeria

• NRC/Legacy Railway Museum in Lagos

Senegal

• Musée Régional de Thiès in Thiès (Showroom to the Dakar–Niger Railway line)

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone National Railway Museum in Freetown

South Africa

• Outeniqua Transport Museum in George

Sudan

• Sudan Railways Museum in Atbarah

Uganda

• Uganda Railway Museum in Jinja

Zambia

• Railway Museum in Livingstone

Zimbabwe

• Bulawayo Railway Museum in Bulawayo

Asia

Armenia

• Armenian Railways Museum, Yerevan

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Railway Museum, Baku

China

• Chan T'ien-yu Memorial Hall, Badaling, Beijing
• China Railway Museum, Beijing
• Da'anbei Railway Station, Da'an, Jilin Province
• Hong Kong Railway Museum
• Qingdao-Jinan Railway Museum, Jinan, Shandong Province
• Shanghai Railway Museum, Shanghai
• Shenyang Railway Museum, Shenyang, Liaoning Province
• Wuhan Metro Museum, Wuhan, Hubei Province
• Yunnan Railway Museum, Kunming, Yunnan Province

India

• Coochbehar Railway Museum. Coochbehar, West Bengal
• Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum, West Bengal
• Heritage Rail Museum, Bhusawal
• Rewari Railway Heritage Museum, Rewari, Haryana
• Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune, Maharashtra
• Kanpur Sangrahalaya, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
• Gorakhpur Rail Museum, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh,
• Rail Museum, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal
• Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka
• Railway Museum, Hubli Junction railway station, Hubballi, Karnataka
• National Rail Museum, New Delhi
• Patel Chowk Metro Museum, Patel Chowk metro station, New Delhi
• Smaranika Tram Museum, Esplanade, West Bengal
• Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
• Regional Railway Museum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Indonesia

• Indonesian Railway Museum of Ambarawa, Central Java
• Bondowoso Rail and Train Museum, Bondowoso Regency, East Java
• Museum of Transport of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta
• Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum, Sawahlunto, West Sumatra

Israel

• Turkish Railway Station, Beersheba (South)
• Historic Railway Station, Afula (North)
• Israel Railway Museum, Haifa (National and North)
• Jaffa Railway Station, Tel Aviv (Center)
• Kfar Yehoshua Railway Station (North)

Japan

• Katakami Heritage Railway, in Misaki, Okayama
• Keio Rail-Land, in Hino, Tokyo
• Kyoto Railway Museum, in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
• Kyushu Railway History Museum, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
• Ome Railway Park, in Ome, Tokyo
• Otaru City General Museum, in Otaru, Hokkaido
• Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
• Romance Car Museum in Ebina, Kanagawa
• SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya
• Shikoku Railway Cultural Center, in Saijō, Ehime
• Subway Museum, in Edogawa, Tokyo
• Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
• Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, in Tsuyama, Okayama
• Train and Bus Museum, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma
• Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center, Tsuru, Yamanashi
• Yokohama Tram Museum, in Yokohama, Kanagawa

Closed museums

• Modern Transportation Museum next to Bentencho Station, Minato-ku, Osaka (closed 2014)
• Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka (closed 2009)

Jordan

• Hedjaz Jordan Railway Museum, Amman

Malaysia

• Gemas Railway Museum, Negeri Sembilan
• KTMB Museum, Johor
• Kuala Lumpur Railway Station
• North Borneo Railway, Sabah

Mongolia

• Mongolian Railway History Museum

North Korea

• Pyongyang Railway Museum

Pakistan

• Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

Saudi Arabia

• Hejaz Railway Museum

Singapore

• Singapore Railways Museum
• Rail Corridor
• Bukit Timah Railway Station
• Tanjung Pagar Railway Station

South Korea

• Korea Railroad Museum
• Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County

Sri Lanka

• National railway museum, Kadugannawa

Taiwan

• Changhua Roundhouse in Changhua
• Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway in Kaohsiung
• Miaoli Railway Museum in Miaoli
• National Railway Museum in Taipei (by reservation or events, major opening in 2024)
• Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum in Zhongli, Taoyuan
• Takao Railway Museum in Kaohsiung
• Railway Department Park Branch, National Taiwan Museum in Taipei

Thailand

• Railway Outdoor Museum, Bangkok
• Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, Kanchanaburi
• Train Cemetery, Bangkok

Turkey

• Atatürk's Residence and Railway Museum, Ankara
• Çamlık Railway Museum, Selçuk, İzmir Province
• Istanbul Railway Museum, Istanbul
• İzmir Railway Museum, İzmir
• Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Istanbul
• TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum, Ankara

Uzbekistan

• Railway Museum

Vietnam

• Heritage Railway, Da Lat Railway Station

Europe

Austria

• Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna
• Railway and Mining Museum Ampflwang in Upper Austria
• Railway Museum Sigmundsherberg in Lower Austria
• Southern Railway Museum in Mürzzuschlag
• Strasshof Railway Museum in Lower Austria

Belarus

• Baranovichy Railway Museum
• Brest Railway Museum

Belgium

• Chemin de Fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées
• Dendermonde–Puurs Steam Railway
• Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme
• Stoomcentrum Maldegem
• Train World

Bulgaria

• National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

Czech Republic

• České dráhy Museum in Lužná
• National Technical Museum in Prague
• Railway Museum KHKD in Kněževes
• Railway Museum Jaroměř in Jaroměř (Železniční muzeum výtopna Jaroměř)
• Muzeum ozubnicové dráhy in Kořenov

Croatia

• Croatian Railway Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
• Coal loading facility and locomotive roundhouse in Karlovac, Croatia
• Locomotive roundhouse Rijeka, Croatia

Denmark

• Bornholm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
• Danish Railway Museum
• Djursland Railway Museum
• Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum
• Struer Railway Museum

Estonia

• Estonian Railway Museum

Finland

• Finnish Railway Museum
• Jokioinen Museum Railway
• Savo Railway Museum

France

• Cité du Train
• Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français

Germany

• Augsburg Railway Park, Augsburg, Bavaria
• Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil, Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Bavarian Localbahn Society, Bayerisch Eisenstein, Bavaria
• Bavarian Railway Museum, Nördlingen, Bavaria
• Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz, Ebermannstadt, Bavaria
• Darmstadt-Kranichstein Railway Museum, Darmstadt-Kranichstein, Hesse
• DB Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• DBK Historic Railway, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Lower Saxony
• Deutsches Museum, Munich, Bavaria
• Dieringhausen Railway Museum, Dieringhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Dresden Transport Museum, Dresden, Saxony
• Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn, Rottweil, Baden-Württemberg
• Franconian Museum Railway, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• Frankfurt City Junction Line, Frankfurt, Hesse
• Freilassing Locomotive World, Freilassing, Bavaria
• German Museum of Technology (Berlin)
• German Steam Locomotive Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Bavaria
• Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, Hanover, Lower Saxony
• Historic Railway, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Hesse
• Mellrichstadt-Fladungen railway, Fladungen, Bavaria
• Munich Steam Locomotive Company, Munich, Bavaria
• Neustadt/Weinstraße Railway Museum, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate
• Nuremberg Transport Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• Railway Vehicle Preservation Society, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• Rügen Railway & Technology Museum, Prora, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Saxon Railway Museum, Chemnitz, Saxony
• Selfkantbahn, Gangelt, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• South German Railway Museum, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg
• Stuttgart Straßenbahn Museum Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
• Technik Museum Speyer, Speyer, Rhineland Palatinate
• Traditionsbetriebswerk Staßfurt, Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt
• Ulmer Eisenbahnfreunde, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg

Greece

• Railway Museum of Athens
• Railway Museum of Thessaloniki

Hungary

• Hungarian Railway Museum
• Millennium Underground Museum, Budapest
• Széchenyi Railway Museum
• Transport Museum of Budapest

Ireland

• Castlerea Railway Museum
• Cavan and Leitrim Railway
• Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
• Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

Italy

• Costituendo Musero Ferroviario di Primolano, Primolano, Vicenza
• Museo delle Industrie e del Lavoro del Saronnese, Saronno, Varese
• Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese
• Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste
• Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin
• Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia
• Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples
• Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan

Latvia

• Latvian Railway History Museum

Lithuania

• Railway Museum, Vilnius and Šiauliai *Home | Geležinkelių muziejus (ltgmuziejus.lt)
• Aukštaitija Narrow Gauge Railway, Panevėžys and Anykščia *Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis - Siaurukas

Luxembourg

• Train 1900

Netherlands

• Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum
• het Spoorwegmuseum
• Stoom Stichting Nederland
• Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele
• Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik
• Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer
• Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
• Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
• Stichting Stadskanaal Rail
• Museum Buurtspoorweg

Norway

• Norwegian Railway Museum, Hamar
• Oslo Tramway Museum, Oslo
• Trondheim Tramway Museum

Poland

• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
• Railway and Industry Museum in Jaworzyna Śląska (Muzeum Przemysłu i Kolejnictwa w Jaworzynie Śląskiej), Lower Silesian Voivodeship
• Railway Museum in Chabówka village, near Rabka, Nowy Targ County
• Railway Museum in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship
• Roundhouse Skierniewice in Skierniewice
• Warsaw Railway Museum (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie)
• Wolsztyn Steam Locomotive Roundhouse, the only depot in Europe with everyday scheduled passenger trains driven by steam locomotives

Portugal

• National Railway Museum Foundation, Entroncamento

Museum Branches of FMNF

• Arco de Baúlhe
• Bragança
• Chaves
• Lousado
• Macinhata do Vouga
• Nine
• Santarém
• Valença

Disused or Closed Museums

• Braga
• Estremoz
• Lagos

Museological Warehouses

• Barreiro
• Estremoz
• Livração
• Pampilhosa
• Peso da Régua
• Pocinho
• Sernada do Vouga
• Tua

Romania

• Reșița Steam Locomotive Museum
• Sibiu Steam Locomotives Museum

Russia

• Museum for Railway Technology Novosibirsk at Seyatel station
• Museum of the Moscow Railway (Paveletskaya station), Moscow
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
• Russian Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg
• Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod
• Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)
• Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don
• Railway museum at Yekaterinburg

Serbia

• Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega
• Railway Museum in Belgrade

Slovenia

• Slovenian Railway Museum
• Museum of Southern Railway in Šentjur, Slovenia
• Museum park Breda in Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia

Spain

• Basque Railway Museum
• Gijón Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarill de Asturias)
• Railway Centre and Museum in Móra la Nova (Centre d'Interpretació del Ferrocarril de Móra la Nova)
• Railway Museum in Ponferrada (Museo del Ferrocarril)
• Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril)
• Railway Museum in Monforte de Lemos (Museo del Ferrocarril de Galicia)
• Railway Museum in Vilanova (Museu del Ferrocarril de Vilanova)(Vilanova Railway Museum)

Sweden

• Åmål-Årjäng Railway Society, Åmål
• Anten-Gräfsnäs Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway, Lake Anten
• Dalara and Western Farmlands Railway, Åmål
• Eastern Götland Railway Museum, Linköping
• Eastern Southernlands Railway, Mariefred
• Gothenburg Nostalgia Tram, Gothenburg
• Gotland Railway Association, Dalhem
• Grängesberg Regional Railway Museum, Grängesberg
• Hagfors Railway Museum, Hagfors
• Järdaås Pine Forest Railway, Jädraås
• Kristiantown Regional Museum, Kristianstad
• Landeryd's Railway Museum, Landeryd
• Nässjö Railway Museum (in Swedish), Nässjö
• Nora Mining District Historical Railway, Nora
• Northbottom's Railway Museum, Luleå
• Nynäshamn's Railway Museum, Nynäshamn
• Railway Museum of Ängelholm, Ängelholm
• Skara-Lundsbrunn Railways, Skara
• Stockholm Streetcar Museum, Stockholm
• Swedish National Railway Museum, Gävle
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg, Uppsala

Switzerland

• Blonay–Chamby Museum Railway

Ukraine

• Kiev Railway Museum
• Museum of History and Development of Donetsk Railway in Donetsk
• Museum of History and Technology of Southern Railway in Kharkiv
• Lviv Railway History Museum in Lviv
• Locomotive-museum in the city of Pomichna

United Kingdom and Crown dependencies

North America

Canada

Guatemala

• Guatemala City Railway Museum
• Quetzaltenango

Honduras

• El Progreso railway museum,Yoro

Mexico

• Ferrocarril Interoceánico
• Old Railway Station and Railway Museum

United States

Oceania

Australia

• Archer Park Rail Museum
• Canberra Railway Museum
• Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
• Lachlan Valley Railway
• National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide
• Newport Railway Museum, Champion Road, North Williamstown
• NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere
• Rail Motor Society, Paterson
• Railway Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia
• Richmond Vale Railway Museum
• Rosewood Railway Museum, Rosewood
• Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre
• The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum

New Zealand

South America

Argentina

• Ferroclub Argentino: Centros de Preservacion Remedios de Escalada, Lynch y Tolosa
• Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires)

Chile

• Museo Nacional Ferroviario Pablo Neruda, Temuco
• Museo Ferroviario de Santiago, Quinta Normal

Brazil

• Araraquara Railway Museum
• Jaguariuna Railway Museum
• Juiz de Fora Railway Museum (pt)
• Museu of Train of Rio de Janeiro
• Paranapiacaba Technologic Railway Museum
• Rio Claro Railway Museum (future)

Peru

• National Railway Museum (Peru)

See also

• List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
• List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines

References