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.

Africa

Egypt

• Egypt's Railway Museum (Cairo)

Kenya

• Nairobi Railway Museum in Nairobi, Kenya

Nigeria

• NRC/Legacy Railway Museum in Lagos, Nigeria

South Africa

• Outeniqua Transport Museum in George, South Africa

Sudan

• Railway Museum in Atbarah, Sudan

Zambia

• Railway Museum in Livingstone, Zambia

Zimbabwe

• Bulawayo Railway Museum in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Asia

China

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

India

• National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, India.
• Mysore Rail Museum, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
• Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
• Regional Railway Museum, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
• Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum, West Bengal, India.
• Eastern Railway Museum, Howrah, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• Kanpur Railway Museum, Old Kanpur, Kanpur,Uttar Pradesh, India.

Indonesia

• Taman Mini, Jakarta - Indonesia
• Ambarawa Railway Museum, Central Java, Indonesia.^[1]

Israel

• Israel Railway Museum

Japan

• Keio Rail-Land, in Hino, Tokyo
• Ome Railway Park, in Ome, Tokyo
• The Railway Museum in Saitama, Saitama
• SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya
• Tobu Museum, in Sumida, Tokyo
• Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum, in Tsuyama, Japan, opening spring 2016
• Kyoto Railway Museum, in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, opening spring 2016
• Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park, in Annaka, Gunma

Closed museums

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

Pakistan

• Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

Saudi Arabia

• Hejaz Railway Museum

South Korea

• Korea Railroad Museum
• Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County

Sri Lanka

• National railway museum, Kadugannawa

Taiwan

• Miaoli Railway Museum
• Takao Railway Museum

Turkey

• Çamlık Railway Museum
• TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum in Ankara
• Istanbul Railway Museum
• Rahmi M. Koç Museum

Uzbekistan

• Railway Museum

Europe

Austria

• Austrian Railway Museum at Vienna

Belgium

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

Belarus

• Brest Railway Museum
• Baranovichy Railway Museum

Bulgaria

• National Transport Museum, Bulgaria

Czech Republic

• National Technical Museum (Prague)
• Czech Railway Museum at Lužná (Rakovník District)
• Railway Museum Jaroměř at Jaroměř (Železniční muzeum výtopna Jaroměř)

Denmark

• Bornholm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
• Danish Railway Museum
• Djursland Railway Museum
• Tram Museum - Skjoldnæsholm

Estonia

• Estonian Railway Museum

Finland

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

France

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

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
• 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
• 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

Ireland

• Donegal Railway Centre

Italy

• Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia, Milan^[2]
• Museo Nazionale dei Trasporti, La Spezia –^[3]
• Museo Ferroviario Piemontese, Savigliano, Turin -^[4]
• Museo Europeo dei Trasporti Ogliari, Ranco, Varese -^[5]
• Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio, Trieste [^[6]
• Museo Nazionale Ferroviario di Pietrarsa, Naples

Hungary

• Hungarian Railway Museum
• Transport Museum of Budapest

Latvia

• Latvian Railway History Museum

Luxembourg

• Train 1900

Netherlands

• Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum
• Railway Museum
• Stoom Stichting Nederland
• Stoomtrein Hoorn Medemblik
• Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer
• Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij
• Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij
• Stoomtrein Goes-Borsele

Norway

• Trondheim Tramway Museum
• Norsk Jernbanemuseum, Hamar
• Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5, Oslo

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.
• Railway and Industry Museum in Jaworzyna Śląska (Muzeum Przemysłu i Kolejnictwa w Jaworzynie Śląskiej) is located in a former steam locomotive depot in Jaworzyna Śląska,Lower Silesian voievodship.
• Wolsztyn Steam Locomotive Roundhouse is the only depot in Europe with everyday scheduled passenger trains driven by steam locomotives.

Portugal

• National Railway Museum Foundation, Entroncamento

Museum Branches of FMNF^[7]

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

Disused or Closed Museums^[8]

• Braga
• Estremoz

Museological Warehouses

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

Romania

• Resita Locomotive Museum

Russia

• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St Petersburg / St Petersburg Outdoor Train Museum^[9]
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal / Rizhsky (railroad station) in Moscow^[10]
• the Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow^[11]
• Seyatel' station at Novosibirsk^[12]
• Railway museum at Rostov-on-Don^[13]
• Railway museum at Nizhny Novgorod^[14]
• Railway museum at Yekaterinburg
• Railway museum at Pereslavl-Zalessky (narrow gauge)^[15]

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)
• Railway Interpretation Center in Móra la Nova (Centre d'Interpretació del Ferrocarril de Móra la Nova)

Sweden

• Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn -^[16]
• Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö -^[17]
• Östra Södermanlands Järnväg, Mariefred -^[18]
• Spårvägsmuseet, Stockholm -^[19]
• Swedish National Railway Museum, Gävle -^[20]
• Upsala-Lenna Jernväg, Uppsala -^[21]
• Norrbottens järnvägsmuseum, Luleå -^[22]
• Järnvägssällskapet Åmål-Årjäng Järnväg, Åmål -^[23]
• Dal Västra Värmlands Järnväg, Åmål -^[24]
• Grängesbergsbanornas Järnvägsmuseum, Grängesberg -^[25]
• Anten-Gräfsnäs Museijärnväg, Anten -^[26]
• Skara-Lundsbrunn Järnvägar, Skara -^[27]
• Spårvägssällskapet Ringlinien, Göteborg -^[28]
• Föreningen Gotlandståget, Dalhem -^[29]
• Jädraås Tallås Järnväg, Jädraås -^[30]
• Östergötlands Järnvägsmuseum, Linköping -^[31]
• Regionmuseet Kristianstad, Kristianstad -^[32]
• Järnvägens museum Ängelholm, Ängelholm -^[33]
• Nora Bergslags Veteran-Jernväg, Nora -^[34]
• Inovatum Science Center, Trollhättan -^[35]
• Hagfors järnvägsmuseum, Hagfors -^[36]
• Landeryds Järnvägsmuseum, Landeryd -^[37]

Switzerland

• Blonay-Chamby

Ukraine

• Kiev Railway Museum

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
• Downpatrick and County Down Railway
• 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

North America

Canada

• Alberta Railway Museum
• Canadian Museum of Rail Travel
• Canadian Railway Museum
• Elgin County Railway Museum
• Halton County Radial Railway
• John Street Roundhouse
• Memory Junction Railway Museum
• New Brunswick Railway Museum
• Northern Ontario Railroad Museum
• Port Moody Station Museum
• Railway Coastal Museum
• Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
• Revelstoke Railway Museum
• Saskatchewan Railway Museum
• Toronto Railway Museum
• West Coast Railway Association
• Winnipeg Railway Museum

Guatemala

• Guatemala City Railway Museum
• Quetzaltenango

Honduras

• El Progreso railway museum, Yoro

Mexico

• Ferrocarril Interoceánico
• Old Railway Station and Railway Museum

United States

• Arizona Railway Museum
• 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
• Florida Railroad Museum
• Fox River Trolley Museum
• Galesburg Railroad Museum
• Galveston Railroad Museum
• Gold Coast Railroad Museum
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum
• Golden Spike National Historic Site
• Great Plains Transportation Museum, Kansas
• Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
• Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Indiana Transportation Museum
• Irish Railroad Workers Museum
• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Lake Superior Railroad Museum
• Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum
• Medina Railroad Museum
• Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum
• Michigan Transit Museum
• Monticello Railway Museum
• Museum of the American Railroad
• Museum of Transportation
• National New York Central Railroad Museum
• National Railroad Museum
• Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
• Nevada Northern Railway Museum
• New York Transit Museum
• Niles Canyon Railway
• North Alabama Railroad Museum
• North Carolina Railroad Museum
• North Carolina Transportation Museum
• Northwest Railway Museum
• Ohio Railway Museum (The)
• Orange Empire Railway Museum
• Oregon Electric Railway Museum
• Oregon Rail Heritage Center
• Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
• Queponco Railway Station
• Railroad Museum of Long Island
• Railroad Museum of New England
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
• Railroad Museum of South Florida
• Railroaders Memorial Museum
• Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati
• Railway Museum of San Angelo Texas
• Railway Workers Museum, Fredericksburg, Va
• Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
• Rosenberg Railroad Museum
• Roundhouse Railroad Museum
• San Francisco Trains
• Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum
• Shore Line Trolley Museum
• Sioux City Railroad Museum, (The)
• Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources
• South Coast Railroad Museum
• Southeastern Railway Museum
• Southern Michigan Railroad Society
• Steamtown National Historic Site
• Tehachapi Depot Museum
• Tennessee Central Railway Museum
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
• The Western Mining and Railroad Museum
• Tooele Valley Railroad Complex
• Travel Town Museum
• Trolley Museum of New York
• Western America Railroad Museum
• Western Pacific Railroad Museum
• Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum
• Western Railway Museum
• West Florida Railroad Museum
• Whippany Railway Museum, Whippany, NJ
• Wichita Falls Railroad Museum
• Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum
• Wyoming Transportation Museum

Oceania

Australia

• Archer Park Railway Station
• Australian Railway Historical Society Museum, Champion Road, North Williamstown^[38]
• Canberra Railway Museum^[39]
• Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
• Lachlan Valley Railway
• New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere
• National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide
• Rail Motor Society, Paterson
• Richmond Vale Railway Museum
• Rosewood Railway Museum, Rosewood
• Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre^[40]
• The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, Queensland
• Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum

New Zealand

South America

Argentina

• Museo Ferroviario de la ciudad de Campana (Buenos Aires)^[41]

Brazil

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

Costa Rica

• Museo Del Ferrocarril

Peru

• National Railway Museum (Peru)

References

See also

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

Railway preservation Heritage railways Railway museums Restored trains Main line railway preservation