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.

Contents 1 Railway museums in Europe 1.1 Austria 1.2 Belgium 1.3 Belarus 1.4 Bulgaria 1.5 Czech Republic 1.6 Denmark 1.7 Finland 1.8 France 1.9 Germany 1.10 Ireland 1.11 Italy 1.12 Luxembourg 1.13 Netherlands 1.14 Norway 1.15 Poland 1.16 Russia 1.17 Serbia 1.18 Slovenia 1.19 Spain 1.20 Sweden 1.21 Switzerland 1.22 United Kingdom 2 Railway museums in North America 2.1 Canada 2.2 United States 2.3 Mexico 2.4 Railroad museums in Central America 2.4.1 Guatemala 3 Railroad museums in South America 4 Railway museums in Asia 4.1 China 4.1.1 Hong Kong 4.2 Israel 4.3 India 4.4 Indonesia 4.5 Japan 4.6 Pakistan 4.7 South Korea 4.8 Sri Lanka 4.9 Taiwan 5 Railway museums in Australasia 5.1 Australia 5.2 New Zealand 6 Railway museums in Africa 6.1 South Africa 6.2 Zambia 7 See also 8 References

Railway museums in Europe

Austria

• Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna

Belgium

• Chemin de Fer des trois vallées [1]

Belarus

• Brest Railway Museum

Bulgaria

• National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

Czech Republic

• National Technical Museum (Prague)
• Czech Railway Museum at Lužná (Rakovník District)

Denmark

• Danish Railway Museum

Finland

• Finnish Railway Museum
• Jokioinen Museum Railway

France

• Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer secondaires français
• Musée Français du Chemin de Fer

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, Hesse
• DB Museum, Nuremberg, Bavaria
• DBK Historic Railway, Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg
• 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 Railway Society, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Lower Saxony
• 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
• 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

Ireland

• Donegal Railway Centre

Italy

• Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia, Milan ^[1]
• Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia – ^[2]
• Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin - ^[3]
• Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese - ^[4]
• Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste [^[5]
• Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples

Luxembourg

• Train 1900 [2]

Netherlands

• Stoomtrein Hoorn Medemblik
• Stoom Stichting Nederland
• Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
• Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum

Norway

• Trondheim Tramway Museum
• Norsk Jernbanemuseum

Poland

• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
• Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Sochaczew
• Railway Museum in Chabówka village, near Rabka,a southern Polish town in the Nowy Targ County
• Railway Museum in Kościerzyna is a Polish railway museum located in a now defunct locomotive depot in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship.
• Railway Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Kolejnictwa w Warszawie) is located in the former Warsaw Główna PKP railway terminus.

Russia

• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St Petersburg / St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum ^[6]
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal / Rizhskaya (railroad station) in Moscow ^[7]
• Lenin's Funeral Train Museum at Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow ^[8]
• Seyatel' station at Novosibirsk ^[9]
• Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don ^[10]
• Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod ^[11]
• Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
• Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)^[12]

Serbia

• Railway Museum in Belgrade
• Narrow Gauge Museum in Pozega

Slovenia

• Slovenian Railway Museum

Spain

• Azpeitia Railway Museum (Basque Railway museum)
• Gijón Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarill de Asturias)
• Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril)
• Railway Museum in Vilanova (Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya)(Catalonia Railway Museum)

Sweden

• Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn - ^[13]
• Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö - ^[14]
• Östra Södermanlands Järnväg
• Stockholms Spårvägsmuseum, Stockholm - ^[15]
• Swedish Railway Museum, Gävle - ^[16]
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg

Switzerland

• Blonay-Chamby

United Kingdom

• Alford Valley Railway
• Amberley Working Museum
• Anson Engine Museum
• Astley Green Colliery Museum
• Barrow Hill Engine Shed
• Beamish Museum
• Bluebell Railway
• Bressingham Steam & Gardens
• Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum
• Conwy Valley Railway Museum
• Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
• Didcot Railway Centre
• Hopetown Carriage Works
• Monkwearmouth Station Museum
• National Railway Museum
• North Woolwich Old Station Museum
• Pendon Museum
• Port Erin railway museum
• Crewe Heritage Centre
• Rushden Station Railway Museum
• Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
• Shildon Locomotion Museum
• Stephenson Railway Museum
• Swindon Steam Railway Museum
• Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
• Walthamstow Pump House Museum

Railway museums in North America

Canada

• Alberta Railway Museum
• Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
• Canadian Railway Museum
• Elgin County Railway Museum
• John Street Roundhouse
• New Brunswick Railway Museum
• Northern Ontario Railroad Museum
• Port Moody Station Museum
• Railway Coastal Museum
• Saskatchewan Railway Museum
• Toronto Railway Heritage Centre
• Winnipeg Railway Museum

United States

• Arkansas Railroad Museum
• B&O Railroad Museum
• Bellingham Railway Museum
• Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
• Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
• Boothbay Railway Village
• California State Railroad Museum
• Colorado Railroad Museum
• Danbury Railway Museum
• Durand Union Station
• East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
• Fox River Trolley Museum
• Galesburg Railroad Museum
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum
• Great Plains Transportation Museum
• Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
• Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Indiana Transportation Museum
• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Lake Superior Railroad Museum
• Medina Railroad Museum
• Monticello Railway Museum
• Museum of the American Railroad
• National Railroad Museum
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
• Nevada Northern Railway Museum
• Niles Canyon Railway
• Northwest Railway Museum
• Ohio Railway Museum (The)
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
• Queponco Railway Station
• Railroad Museum of New England
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
• Railroad Museum of South Florida
• Railroaders Memorial Museum
• Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
• Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
• Roundhouse Railroad Museum
• San Francisco Trains
• Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
• Shore Line Trolley Museum
• Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
• South Coast Railroad Museum
• Southeastern Railway Museum
• Southern Michigan Railroad Society
• Tehachapi Depot Museum
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
• The Western Mining and Railroad Museum
• Travel Town Museum
• Western America Railroad Museum
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum
• Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
• Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
• Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum
• Wyoming Transportation Museum

Mexico

• Ferrocarril Interoceánico
• Old Train Station and Railway Museum

Railroad museums in Central America

Guatemala

• Guatemala City Railway Museum

Railroad museums in South America

• National Railway Museum (Peru)
• Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires, Argentina) ^[17]

Railway museums in Asia

China

• China Railway Museum

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Railway Museum

Israel

• Israel Railway Museum

India

• National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India .
• Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
• Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum, West Bengal, India.
• Eastern Railway Museum, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• Kanpur Railway Museum, Old Kanpur, Kanpur, India.

Indonesia

• Taman Mini, Jakarta - Indonesia
• Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java, Indonesia. ^[18]

Japan

• Modern Transportation Museum in Bentencho, Minato-ku, Osaka
• The Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
• Sakuma Rail Park, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
• SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya (scheduled to open in March 2011)
• Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma

Pakistan

• Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

South Korea

• Korea Railroad Museum
• Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County

Sri Lanka

• National Railway Museum, Colombo

Taiwan

• Miaoli Railway Museum

Railway museums in Australasia

Australia

• Archer Park Railway Station
• Lachlan Valley Railway
• Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum
• New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere and Valley Heights
• National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide), Port Dock, Adelaide
• Steamtown, Peterborough^[19]
• Canberra Railway Museum [3]
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum

New Zealand

Railway museums in Africa

South Africa

• Outeniqua Transport Museum in George, South Africa

Zambia

• Railway Museum in Livingstone, Zambia

See also

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

References

Railway preservation Heritage railways  • Railway museums  • Restored trains