Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park | |
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General view, December 2004 |
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Established | 1998 |
Location | Annaka, Gunma, Japan |
Type | Railway museum |
Public transit access | Yokokawa Station |
Website | http://www.usuitouge.com/bunkamura/ |
The Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park (碓氷峠鉄道文化むら Usuitōge Tetsudō Bunkamura ) is an open-air railway museum located in Annaka, Gunma, Japan. It is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and was opened on 18 April 1998 on the site of the former Yokokawa motive power depot alongside the Shin'etsu Main Line, which closed in October 1997.