A railway museum is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including:

locomotive A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...

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steam Steam is water vapor, often mixed with air or an aerosol of liquid water droplets. This may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization. Saturated or superheated steam is inv ...

diesel Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine ...

, and

electric Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwel ...

railway cars A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, ...

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

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railway signalling Railway signalling (), or railroad signaling (), is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic. Trains move on fixed rails, making them uniquely susceptible to collision. This susceptibility is exacerbated by the enormous weight ...

equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.

Africa

Egypt

Egyptian Railway Museum ''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years ...

(Cairo)

Kenya

Nairobi Railway Museum The Nairobi Railway Museum is a railway museum in Nairobi, Kenya, adjacent to Nairobi railway station. Containing exhibits from the defunct East African Railways, it was opened in 1971 by East African Railways and Harbours Corporation. It is op ...

Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...

Nigeria

* NRC/Legacy Railway Museum in

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

Senegal

* Musée Régional de Thiès in

Thiès Thiès (; ; Noon language, Noon: ''Chess'') is the third largest city in Senegal with a population of 391,253 in 2023. It lies east of Dakar on the N2 road (Senegal), N2 road and at the junction of railway lines to Dakar, Bamako and Saint-Louis, ...

(Showroom to the Dakar–Niger Railway line)

Sierra Leone

* Sierra Leone National Railway Museum in

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South Africa

* Outeniqua Transport Museum in

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Sudan

* Sudan Railways Museum in

Atbarah Atbara (sometimes Atbarah) ( ʿAṭbarah) is a city located in River Nile State in northeastern Sudan. Because of its links to the railway industry, Atbara is also known as the 'Railway City'. Atbara's population was recorded as 134,586 dur ...

Uganda

* Uganda Railway Museum in Jinja

Zambia

Railway Museum 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 ...

in Livingstone

Zimbabwe

Bulawayo Railway Museum Bulawayo Railway Museum (established 1972) is a railway museum located at Bulawayo railway station in Zimbabwe that houses several exhibitions on the history of the railway system in Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. Its oldest exhibits date back to 1 ...

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...

Asia

Armenia

Armenian Railways Museum The Armenian Railways Museum () is a railway museum in Yerevan, Armenia. On 31 July 2009, the South Caucasus Railway (SCR) Company, a rail operator in Armenia, owned by Russian Railways Russian Railways or RZD () is a Russian fully state-ow ...

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Railway Museum Azerbaijan Railway Museum () is a railway museum in Baku, Azerbaijan. The museum was opened in 2019. The museum is located in the historic building of Sabunchu Railway Station in the city center of Baku, near Jafar Jabbarli Square ( 28 May met ...

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

China

Yunnan Railway Museum - rolling stock - P1340773

* Chan T'ien-yu Memorial Hall,

Badaling Badaling () is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately northwest of Beijing's city center, in Badaling Town, Yanqing District, Beijing municipality. The portion of the wall running through the site was ...

, Beijing *

China Railway Museum The China Railway Museum () is a Chinese museum preserving locomotives that have operated on the railways of the People's Republic of China. The museum offers a total exhibition space of and eight exhibition tracks. The museum is located in ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

* Da'anbei Railway Station, Da'an,

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Hong Kong Railway Museum The Hong Kong Railway Museum is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is now under the management of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. Opened on 20 December 1985, it is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway sta ...

* Qingdao-Jinan Railway Museum,

Jinan Jinan is the capital of the province of Shandong in East China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is one of the largest cities in Shandong in terms of population. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of ...

Shandong Province Shandong is a coastal province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center ...

Shanghai Railway Museum Shanghai North railway station (), located on East Tianmu Road, was the main railway station of Shanghai during most of the 20th century. It was closed in 1987 and a replica of the original 1909 building, erected on the same site, is now the Shan ...

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

Shenyang Railway Museum The Shenyang Railway Museum () is railway museum located at No. 8 Shandan Street, Sujiatun District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, on the north side of the Sujiatun Locomotive Depot of the Shenyang Railway Bureau. The museum covers an ...

Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

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* Wuhan Metro Museum,

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

Hubei Province Hubei is a province in Central China. It has the seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland provinces. Its provincial capital at Wuhan serves as a major politi ...

* Yunnan Railway Museum,

Kunming Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...

Yunnan Province Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

India

* Coochbehar Railway Museum. Coochbehar,

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

* Ghum Railway Museum, Ghum,

* Heritage Rail Museum,

Bhusawal Bhusawal is a city in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India. Situated along the Tapti River, it lies between the Satpura Range and the Ajanta range, Ajanta Hills of the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau. The city is a significant hub for the ...

Rewari Railway Heritage Museum The Rewari Railway Heritage Museum (formerly the Rewari Steam Locomotive Shed) is a railway museum in Delhi NCR at Rewari city in Haryana, India. Built in 1893, it is the only surviving steam locomotive shed in India, and houses some of India's ...

Rewari Rewari is a city and a municipal council in Rewari district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is the district headquarters of Rewari district. It is located in south-west Haryana around 82 km from DelhiHaryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway Joshi's Museum of Miniature Railway is a miniature railway museum located in the Erandwane locality of Pune, a city in the state of Maharashtra, India. The museum hosts working models of various types of trains. It was started by Bhausaheb Joshi ...

Pune Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

Kanpur Sangrahalaya Kanpur Sangrahalaya (Hindi: कानपुर पुरातत्व संग्रहालय), also known as Kanpur Museum, is the official museum in Kanpur, the industrial hub of Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by the British as King ...

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

* Gorakhpur Rail Museum,

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur is a city in the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the West Rapti River, Rapti river in the Purvanchal , Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of ...

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Rail Museum, Howrah The Kolkata Rail Museum, Howrah was established in 2006 to display the history and heritage of railways in the eastern part of India with special focus on Howrah railway station. The collection includes the first broad gauge electric locomotive ...

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

* Mysore Rail Museum,

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

*Railway Museum,

Hubli Junction railway station Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi Junction Railway Station (Station code: UBL), is a railway junction station under Hubballi railway division of South Western Railway zone (SWR) of Indian Railways situated in Hubballi, Karnataka, India. The ...

Hubballi Hubli (officially Hubballi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The twin cities Hubli–Dharwad form the second largest city in the state by area and population and the largest city in North Karnataka. Hubli is in Dharwad district of Ka ...

* National Rail Museum,

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

*Patel Chowk Metro Museum, Patel Chowk metro station,

*Smaranika Tram Museum,

Esplanade An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide cle ...

* Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

* Regional Railway Museum,

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

Indonesia

* Indonesian Railway Museum of Ambarawa,

Central Java Central Java (, ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogya ...

* Bondowoso Rail and Train Museum,

Bondowoso Regency Bondowoso Regency () is a landlocked regency in East Java, Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,560.10 km2, and had a population of 736,772 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 776,151 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Stati ...

East Java East Java (, , ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost third of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean border its northern ...

* Museum of Transport of

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (; formerly Taman Mini "Indonesia Indah" with apostrophes—abbreviated as TMII) is a culture-based recreational area located in East Jakarta, Indonesia. Since July 2021, it is operated by InJourney Destination Managem ...

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

* Sawahlunto Rail and Train Museum,

Sawahlunto Sawahlunto ( Jawi: ) is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. It lies 90 kilometres (a 2-hour drive) from Padang, the provincial capital. Sawahlunto is known as the site for the oldest coal mining site in Southeast Asia. Sawahlunto is geographically ...

West Sumatra West Sumatra () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. West Sumatra borders the Indian Ocean to the west, as well as the provinces of ...

Israel

* Turkish Railway Station, Beersheba (South) * Historic Railway Station, Afula (North) *

Israel Railway Museum Israel Railway Museum () is the national railway museum of Israel, located in Haifa. The railway museum is owned by Israel Railways and is located at the Haifa East Railway Station which nowadays no longer serves passengers. Features The museu ...

, Haifa (National and North) * Jaffa Railway Station, Tel Aviv (Center) * Kfar Yehoshua Railway Station (North)

Japan

Main hall of the Railway Museum in Saitama January 2019

* * Katakami Heritage Railway, in

Misaki, Okayama 270px, Misaki Town Hall is a town located in Kume District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,060 in 5867 households and a population density of 56 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography ...

* Keio Rail-Land, in

Hino, Tokyo file:KongojiFudodo20130815.jpg, 250px, Takahata Fudō in Hino is a Cities of Japan, city located in the western Tokyo, western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 187,048, and a population density of 6 ...

Kyoto Railway Museum The (formerly the until 2016) is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. The museum is owned by We ...

, in

Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower a ...

* Kyushu Railway History Museum, in

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one o ...

Ome Railway Park The is a railway museum in Ōme, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in 1962, and is operated by the East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, a foundation established by East Japan Railway Company. Exhibits Seven steam locomotives, one electric locomotive an ...

, in Ome, Tokyo * Otaru City General Museum, in

Otaru is a Cities of Japan, city and Seaports of Japan, port in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, northwest of Sapporo. The city faces Ishikari Bay and the Sea of Japan, and has long served as the main port of the bay. With its many historical ...

Hokkaido is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...

Saitama, Saitama is the capital and largest Cities of Japan, city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Saitama, Urawa, Ōmiya, Saitama, Ōmiya, Yono, Saitama, Yono and Iwatsuki, Saitama, Iwatsuki. It is a Cities desig ...

* Romance Car Museum in

Ebina, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan., the city had an estimated population of 141,276 and a population density of 5300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ebina is located approximately 50 kilometers from centr ...

SCMaglev and Railway Park The is a railway museum owned by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Nagoya, Japan. The museum opened on 14 March 2011. The museum features 39 full-size railway vehicles and one bus exhibit, train cab simulators, and model railwa ...

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

* Shikoku Railway Cultural Center, in

Saijō, Ehime is a Cities of Japan, city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 106,016 in 58,803 households and a population density of 210 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Saijō is in central Ehime ...

* Subway Museum, in

Edogawa, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City. The easternmo ...

Tobu Museum The is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway. The museum was closed from January 2009 until June 2009 for refurbishment.全国鉄道博物館ガイド (Nationwide Railway Museum Guide), ...

, in

Sumida, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Sumida City. As of 1 April 2025, the ward has an estimated population of 287,766 and a population dens ...

Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum is a railway museum in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since 2 April 2016. It is based around the former Tsuyama Depot roundhouse, which was used to house a number of preserved locomotives since 2007. ...

, in

Tsuyama, Okayama is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. In February 2023, the city had an estimated population of 97,507 in 45,653 households and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Tsuyama is located in nort ...

* Train and Bus Museum, in

Kawasaki, Kanagawa Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama ...

Usui Pass Railway Heritage Park The 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 Shinetsu Main Line, w ...

, in

Annaka, Gunma file:The remains of the Usui Magistrate’s office.jpg, 240px, Edo-period Usui Magistrate's office in Annaka is a Cities of Japan, city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 47,911 in 24,749 households, and ...

Yamanashi Prefectural Maglev Exhibition Center

Tsuru, Yamanashi Tsuru city center area is a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 30,311 in 13079 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Tsuru is ...

Yokohama Tram Museum
in

Yokohama is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a popu ...

Kanagawa is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...

Closed museums

Modern Transportation Museum The was the corporate museum operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened on 21 January 1962, next to Bentencho Station on the Osaka Loop Line. The collection included steam locomotives, electric locomo ...

next to Bentencho Station,

Minato-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 7.9 km2, and a population of 84,961. Literally translated, Minato-ku means "Harbor Ward". Landmarks * Kaiyukan (Osaka Aquarium) * Port of Osaka * Tempozan Harbor Village * Modern T ...

(closed 2014) *

Sakuma Rail Park The was an open-air railway museum located next to Chūbu-Tenryū Station on the Iida Line in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It was operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), and was opened on 21 April 1991. The museum closed on 1 Nove ...

, in

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the total urban area o ...

(closed 2009)

Jordan

* Hedjaz Jordan Railway Museum,

Amman Amman ( , ; , ) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of four million as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant ...

Malaysia

* Gemas Railway Museum,

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

* KTMB Museum,

Johor Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...

* Kuala Lumpur Railway Station * North Borneo Railway,

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

Mongolia

Mongolian Railway History Museum The Mongolian Railway History Museum () is a railway museum in Sükhbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. History The museum was originally opened in 1970. In 1983, the museum was closed and relocated to its current location. In 2019, the museum was ...

North Korea

* Pyongyang Railway Museum

Pakistan

* Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

Saudi Arabia

Hejaz Railway Museum The Hejaz Railway Museum (Arabic: متحف سكة الحجاز, ) in Medina is a railway museum that was opened in 2006. It is on the grounds of the restored historic Ottoman railway station at Medina, locally called استسيون "Istasyōn" ...

Singapore

*Singapore Railways Museum * Rail Corridor *

Bukit Timah Railway Station Bukit Timah railway station is a former railway station and crossing loop in Bukit Timah, in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Opened on the dismantled Tank Road mainline in 1903, it was rebuilt on the current Singapore� ...

* Tanjung Pagar Railway Station

South Korea

* Korea Railroad Museum * Sumjingang Railroad Village in Gokseung County

Sri Lanka

National railway museum, Kadugannawa The National Railway Museum of Sri Lanka is located in Kadugannawa, west of Kandy. The museum is owned by Sri Lanka Railways. The museum was opened on 27 December 2014 in order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the railways in Sri Lanka. Pr ...

Taiwan

* Changhua Roundhouse in

Changhua Changhua (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of ...

Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway The Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Railway () is a railway museum in Pier-2 Art Center, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History The museum building was originally constructed as a railway station. In 2003, the museum building was declared a h ...

in Kaohsiung * Miaoli Railway Museum in Miaoli * National Railway Museum (Taiwan), National Railway Museum in Taipei (by reservation or events, major opening in 2024) * Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum in Zhongli District, Zhongli, Taoyuan * Takao Railway Museum in Kaohsiung * Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan, 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 Mürzzuschlag, 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 (Rakovník District), Lužná *National Technical Museum (Prague), National Technical Museum in Prague *Railway Museum KHKD in Kněževes (Rakovník District), 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 Railway Museum, Bornholm Narrow Gauge Railway Museum *Danish Railway Museum
Djursland Railway Museum
*Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum *Struer Railway Museum

Estonia

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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 *Underground Railway Museum (Budapest), 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 * Pietrarsa railway museum, 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
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* Aukštaitija Narrow Gauge Railway, Panevėžys and Anykščia
Aukštaitijos siaurasis geležinkelis - Siaurukas

Luxembourg

*Train 1900

Netherlands

*Noord-Nederlands Trein & Tram Museum *Railway Museum (Netherlands), 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 *Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna, 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 (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 (Belgrade), 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 (Madrid), 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

*:sv:Järnvägssällskapet Åmål-Årjäng Järnväg, Åmål-Årjäng Railway Society, Åmål *:sv:Anten-Gräfsnäs Museijärnväg, Anten-Gräfsnäs Narrow-Gauge Steam Railway, Anten, Sweden, Lake Anten *:sv:Dal-Västra Värmlands Järnväg, Dalara and Western Farmlands Railway, Åmål *:sv:Östergötlands Järnvägsmuseum, Eastern Götland Railway Museum, Linköping *Östra Södermanlands Järnväg, Eastern Southernlands Railway, Mariefred *:sv:Spårvägssällskapet Ringlinien, Gothenburg Nostalgia Tram, Gothenburg *:sv:Föreningen Gotlandståget, Gotland Railway Association, Dalhem *:sv:Grängesbergsbanornas Järnvägsmuseum, Grängesberg Regional Railway Museum, Grängesberg *:sv:Hagfors järnvägsmuseum, Hagfors Railway Museum, Hagfors *:sv:Jädraås Tallås Järnväg, Järdaås Pine Forest Railway, Jädraås *:sv:Regionmuseet Kristianstad, Kristiantown Regional Museum, Kristianstad *:sv:Landeryds Järnvägsmuseum, Landeryd's Railway Museum, Landeryd *:sv:Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum, Nässjö Railway Museum (in Swedish), Nässjö *:sv:Nora Bergslags Veteran-Jernväg, Nora Mining District Historical Railway, Nora, Sweden, Nora *:sv:Norrbottens järnvägsmuseum, Northbottom's Railway Museum, Luleå *:sv:Nynäshamns Järnvägsmuseum, Nynäshamn's Railway Museum, Nynäshamn *:sv:Järnvägens museum Ängelholm, Railway Museum of Ängelholm, Ängelholm *:sv:Skara-Lundsbrunns Järnvägar, Skara-Lundsbrunn Railways, Skara *Spårvägsmuseet, Stockholm Streetcar Museum, Stockholm *Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum, 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 Museum, 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, New South Wales, Thirlmere * Rail Motor Society, Paterson, New South Wales, Paterson * Railway Museum (Western Australia), Railway Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia * Richmond Vale Railway Museum * Rosewood Railway Museum, Rosewood, Queensland, 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 * :es:Museo Ferroviario de Santiago, Museo Ferroviario de Santiago, Quinta Normal

Brazil

*ABPF, Araraquara Railway Museum *ABPF, Jaguariuna Railway Museum *Juiz de Fora Railway Museum :pt:Museu Ferroviário de Juiz de Fora, (pt) *Museu of Train of Rio de Janeiro *ABPF, Paranapiacaba Technologic Railway Museum *ABPF, Rio Claro Railway Museum (future)

Peru

*National Railway Museum (Peru)

References

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