Photo courtesy of the Wiener Strassenbahnmuseum, Vienna, Austria

This page includes links to heritage rail and tram/trolley lines as well.

For museums of water transportation, see under Maritime Museums. For museums of air transportation, see under Aviation Museums

SHORT INDEX

1. Internet Resources
2. Africa
3. Asia
4. Australia and the Pacific
5. Europe
6. North America
7. South America

INTERNET RESOURCES

• Rail Museums Worldwide

AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

GEORGE (Western Cape)

• Outeniqua Railway Museum

ASIA

CHINA

BEIJING

• 中國鐵道博物館 (China Railway Museum)

SHENYANG

• 瀋陽鐵路 蒸汽機車 陳列館 / Shenyang Railway Steam Locomotive Exhibition Hall

HONG KONG

• 香港文化博物館 / Hong Kong Heritage Museum
  Includes transportation displays.

INDIA

NEW DELHI

• National Rail Museum

INDONESIA

AMBARAWA (JAVA)

• Ambarawa Railway Museum

JAKARTA

• Taman Mini Railway Museum

JAPAN

NATIONAL SITES

• 日本路面電車同好会 / Japan Tranway Society

HIROSHIMA

• 広島市交通科学館 / Hiroshima City Transportation Museum  

KYOTO

• 梅小路蒸気機関車館 /  Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

NAGOYA

• 名古屋市　市電・地下鉄保存館 / Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

OSAKA

• 交通科学博物館 / Modern Transportation Museum

SAPPORO

• 札幌市交通資料館 / Sapporo City Transport Museum

TOKYO

• 地下鉄博物館 / Chikatetsu Hakubutsukan
  A subway museum.
• 交通博物館 / Transportation Museum

YOKOHAMA

• 横浜市電保存館  / Yokohama Tramport

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CANBERRA

• Canberra Railway Museum

NEW SOUTH WALES

SYDNEY

• Sydney Tramway Museum

THIRLMERE

• New South Wales Rail Transport Museum

QUEENSLAND

BRISBANE

• Brisbane Tramway Museum

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

PORT ADELAIDE

• National Railway Museum

TASMANIA

HOBART

• Tasmanian Transport Museum

LAUNCESTON

• Launceston Tramway Museum Society Inc.

VICTORIA

BALLARAT

• Ballarat Tramway Museum

BELGRAVE

• Puffing Billy Railway

BENDIGO

• Bendigo Tramways

MELBOURNE

• Melbourne Tram Museum

NORTH WILLIAMSTOWN

• Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) Railway Museum

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

PERTH

• Perth Electric Tramway Society

NEW ZEALAND

AUCKLAND

• Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

CHRISTCHURCH

• Christchurch Tramway
  Heritage tramway.
• Ferrymead Railway

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

GRAZ

• Tramway Museum Graz

GROSSPETERDORF (BURGENLAND)

• Märchenbahn Großpetersdorf

GRÜNBURG

• Steyrtal Museumsbahn

INNSBRUCK

• Lokalbahnmuseum der Tiroler Museumsbahnen

KLAGENFURT

• Museumstramway Klagenfurt See

MARIAZELL

• Museumstramway Mariazell

WIEN (VIENNA)

• Eisenbahnmuseum Strasshof (Strasshof Railway Museum)
• Liliputbahn im Wiener Prater (Lilliput Railway in the Vienna Prater)
• Österreichisches Omnibusmuseum / Austrian Bus Museum
• VEF-Eisenbahnmuseum Groß Schwechat (VEF Railway Museum - Greater Schwechat)
• Das Wiener Straßenbahnmuseum / Viennese Tram Museum

BELGIUM

BLANKENBERGE

• Train City
  Museum devoted to model trains.

BRUXELLES / BRUSSEL (BRUSSELS)

• Musée du Transport Urbain Bruxellois - Musée du Tram / Museum voor het Stedelijk Vervoer te Brussel - Trammuseum Brussel

LIČGE

• Musée des transports en commun du pays de Ličge (Museum of public transport of the Ličge area)

MALDEGEM

• Stoomcentrum
  Museum devoted to the history of steam locomotives in Belgium.

SCHEPDAAL

• Trammuseum Schepdaal
  Museum devoted to the history of the Belgian nationwide vicinal (i.e. interurban) tramway SNCVE. Closed for renovations until Spring 2006.

THUIN

• Centre de Découverte du Chemin de Fer vicinal ā Thuin / Buurtspoorwegen Ontdekkingcentrum te Thuin / Vicinal Tramway Discovery Centre at Thuin
  Museum devoted to the vicinal (interurban) trams of Belgium.

BULGARIA

SOFIA

• Националният музей на транспорта и съобщенията / National museum of transport and communiction

CZECH REPUBLIC

BRNO

• Muzeum Průmyslovũch Železnic (MPŽ) / Industrial Railway Museum
  Also in Mladíjov na Moraví.
• Technické muzeum v Brne (Brno Museum of Technology)
  Includes transportation exhibits.

PRAHA (PRAGUE)

• Muzeum městské hromadné dopravy v Praze (Muzeum MHD) / Public Transport Museum
• Národní technické muzeum (NTM) / National Technical Museum
  Includes transportation exhibits.

DENMARK

• Dansk Jernbane-Klub / Danish Railway Club
  Links to vintage railway pages in Denmark.

JYSTRUP

• Sporvejsmuseet Skjoldenæsholm / Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum

ESTONIA

HAAPSALU

• Eesti Raudteemuuseum / Estonian Railway Museum

FINLAND

HELSINKI

• Tram Museum

HUMPPILA

• Jokioisten Museorautatie / Jokioinen Museum Railway

HYVINKÄÄ

• Suomen Rautatiemuseo / Finnish Railway Museum

FRANCE

PARIS REGION

• Musée des transports urbains, interurbains et ruraux (Museum of Urban, Interurban and Rural Transportation)
  The collection is in Colombes; there is as yet no permanent museum.

GERMANY

BERLIN

• Berliner S-Bahn-Museum (Berlin S-Bahn [Regional Rail] Museum)
• Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (German Museum of Technology)
  Includes extensive transportation exhibits, particularly on rail, air and urban transportation.
• U-Bahn-Museum (The Underground Museum)

BOCHUM-DAHLHAUSEN

• Die Ruhrtalbahn - Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen (The Ruhr Valley Railway - Bochum-Dahlhausen Train Museum)

DÜSSELDORF

• Linie D - Arbeitsgemeinschaft historischer Nahverkehr Düsseldorf (Line D - Association for the historical suburban transport lines of Düsseldorf)
  Society running historical trams on the suburban tram lines of the city.

FREIBURG

• Freunde der Freiburger Straßenbahn (FDFS) (Friends of the Freiburg Tramways)
  Society running museum trams on city tram lines.

HANNOVER

• Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum / Hannover Tramway Museum

KIEL

• VVM - Museumsbahnen Schönberger Strand bei Kiel
  Museum rail line on a Baltic Sea beach.

LEIPZIG

• Straßenbahnmuseum Leipzig-Möckern
  Tram museum.

MÜNCHEN (MUNICH)

• Deutsches Museum (The German Museum)
  Includes major transportation exhibits.

NEUENMARKT / OBERFRANKEN

• Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum (German Steam Engine Museum)

NÖRDLINGEN (Bavaria)

• Bayerisches Eisenbahnmuseum (Bavarian Railroad Museum)

NÜRNBERG (NURENBERG)

• DB Museum (Railway Museum)

STUTTGART

• Straßenbahnmuseum Zuffenhausen (Zuffenhausen Tram Museum)

WUPPERTAL

• Bergische Museumsbahnen Wuppertal
  A museum tramway.

HUNGARY

BUDAPEST

• Közlekedési Múzeum (Transport Museum)
• Millenniumi Földalatti Vasút Múzeum (Museum of the Millennium Underground Railway)

SZENTENDRE (north of BUDAPEST)

• Városi Tömegközlekedési Múzeum (Museum of Urban Mass Transportation)

IRELAND

DONEGAL TOWN

• Donegal Railway Heritage Centre

ITALY

MILANO (MILAN)

• Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" (National Museum of Science and Technology)
  Includes exhibits of trains and trams.

TRIESTE

• Museo Ferroviario di Trieste Campo Marzio (Trieste Railway Museum)

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG

• Musée des Tramways et de Bus de la Ville de Luxembourg (TVL) / Tramways and Bus Museum of the City of Luxembourg

PÉTANGE

• Train 1900
  Museum steam train.

NETHERLANDS

AMSTERDAM

• Electrische Museumtramlijn Amsterdam (Electric Tramway Museum Amsterdam)

HET HAAG (THE HAGUE)

• Haags Openbaar Vervoer Museum - HOVM (The Hague Public Transport Museum)

ROTTERDAM

• Stoom Stichting Nederland (SSN) (Netherlands Steam Foundation)
  Foundation and museum dedicated to the preservation of Dutch steam engines.

NORWAY

BERGEN

• Bergens Elektriske Sporvei - BES (Bergen Electric Tramway)
  Society devoted to the history of the now extinct Bergen tramway system.

HAMAR

• Norsk Jernbanemuseum (NJM) (Norwegian Railway Museum)

OSLO

• Sporveismuseet / Tramway Museum
  In two locations: Majorstuen and Vinterbro

TRONDHEIM

• Gråkallbanen
  Heritage tramway and tram museum.

POLAND

KOŚCIERZYNA

• Skansen Kolejowy / Skansen Museum
  Northern Poland's only railway museum.

OTRĘBUSY

• Muzeum Motoryzacji i Techniki / Museum of Motorization
  An automobile museum.

SLOVENIA

LJUBLJANA

• Železniški muzej - Railway museum

SPAIN

BARCELONA

• Museo del Ferrocarril Vilanova i la Geltrú / Museo del Ferrocarril Vilanova i la Geltrú / Railway Museum of Vilanova i la Geltrú 

MADRID

• Museo del Ferrocarril / Railway Museum

SWEDEN

NATIONAL

• Svenska Spårvägssällskapet  / Swedish Tramway Society

GÄVLE

• Sveriges Järnvägsmuseum (Swedish Railway Museum)

GÖTEBORG (GOTHENBURG)

• Spårvägssällskapet Ringlinien / Ringlinien Tramway Society
  A non-profit organisation running vintage trams in the city of Göteborg during the summer.

MALMKÖPING

• Museispårvägen Malmköping / Tramway Museum Malmköping  

MALMÖ

• Malmö Stads Spårvägar Museiförening / Malmö Museum Tramline

NÄSSJÖ

• Nässjö Järnvägsmuseum (Nässjö Railway Museum)

STOCKHOLM

• Djurgårdslinjen nr 7
  Heritage tramway connecting downtown Stockholm to the Djursgården park and entertainment area.
• Stockholms Spårvägsmuseum (Stockholm Tramway Museum)

SWITZERLAND

BERN

• Tramverein Bern (TVB)

BLONAY-CHAMBY

• Chemin de Fer - Musée - Blonay-Chamby
  Tourist steam train and train museum.

GENČVE (GENEVA)

• Association Genevoise du Musée des Tramways (AGMT)

LUZERN (LUCERNE)

• Das Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (Swiss Transport Museum)

ZÜRICH

• Tram-Museum Zürich

UNITED KINGDOM

DIRECTORIES

• UK Heritage Railways

ENGLAND

BIRMINGHAM

• The Transport Museum, Wythall
  Buses, trucks and a steam railway.

COLCHESTER (Essex)

• East Anglian Railway Museum

CREWE (Cheshire)

• The Railway Age

CRICH (Derbyshire)

• National Tramway Museum

DARLINGTON (Northumbria)

• Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
  On the site of the first steam railway in the world.

DIDCOT (Oxfordshire)

• Didcot Railway Centre
  Maintained by the Great Western Society

HULL

• Streetlife Museum
  Museum devoted to the history of transportation in the Hull area.

IPSWICH

• Ipswich Transport Museum

ISLE OF WIGHT

• Isle of Wight Steam Railway

LONDON

• London Transport Museum

LOWESTOFT (Suffolk)

• East Anglia Transport Museum

MANCHESTER

• Greater Manchester's Museum of Transport
• Manchester Transport Museum Society - Heaton Park Tramway

SANDTOFT (near DONCASTER, South Yorkshire)

• The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft

SPARKFORD (Somerset)

• Haynes Motor Museum

YORK

• National Railway Museum

NORTHERN IRELAND

BELFAST

• Ulster Folk & Transport Museum

DOWNPATRICK

• Downpatrick Railway Museum

SCOTLAND

ALFORD (Aberdeenshire)

• Grampian Transport Museum

BO'NESS (near Edinburgh)

• Scottish Railway Exhibition

GLASGOW

• Transport Museum

LATHALMOND (near Dunfermline, Fife)

• Scottish Vintage Bus Museum

WALES

ABERYSTWYTH

• The Vale of Rheidol Railway

PORTHMADOG

• Welsh Highland Railway

TYWYN

• Talyllyn Railway

NORTH AMERICA

DIRECTORIES

• Association of Railway Museums Tujunga, CA, USA

CANADA

ALBERTA

EDMONTON

• Alberta Railway Museum
• Edmonton Radial Railway Society (ERRS)
  The ERRS is one of Canada's fully operational heritage street railways. It operates streetcars in Fort Edmonton Park and in Old Strathcona, Edmonton.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

VANCOUVER

• TRAMS (Transit Museum Society)
  Society aiming to restore, preserve and operate historic transit vehicles in British Columbia. Operates, together with the City of Vancouver, the Downtown Historic Railway, a tourist streetcar line.

ONTARIO

MILTON (near TORONTO)

• Halton County Radial Railway

OTTAWA

• Canada Science and Technology Museum / Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada
  Includes transportation displays.

QUÉBEC

DELSON / SAINT-CONSTANT (near MONTRÉAL)

• Musée ferroviaire canadien / Canadian Railway Museum

SASKATCHEWAN

SASKATOON

• Saskatchewan Railway Museum

UNITED STATES

ARIZONA

CHANDLER

• Arizona Railway Museum

TUCSON

• Old Pueblo Trolley
  "-An All Volunteer Operating Transit Museum".

CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES AREA

• Orange Empire Railway Museum (Perris)

SAN DIEGO

• San Diego Railroad Museum

SACRAMENTO

• California State Railroad Museum

SAN FRANCISCO

• Cable Car Museum
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum
• Market Street Railway (MSR)
  The non-profit preservation partner of the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni).

SAN JOSE

• California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (CTRC)

SUISUN (NE of SAN FRANCISCO)

• Western Railroad Museum

COLORADO

GOLDEN

• Colorado Railroad Museum

CONNECTICUT

EAST WINDSOR

• Connecticut Trolley Museum

GEORGIA

ATLANTA AREA

• Southeastern Railway Museum (Duluth)

ILLINOIS

UNION (NW of CHICAGO)

• Illinois Railway Museum

INDIANA

NOBLESVILLE

• Indiana Transportation Museum

MAINE

KENNEBUNKPORT

• Seashore Trolley Museum
  One of the largest electric railroad museums in the world.

PORTLAND

• Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum

MARYLAND

BALTIMORE

• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
• Baltimore Streetcar Museum

SILVER SPRING (WASHINGTON DC AREA)

• National Capital Trolley Musuem

MICHIGAN

MT. CLEMENS

• Michigan Transit Museum

MINNESOTA

ST. PAUL

• Minnesota Transportation Musuem

NEW MEXICO

ALBUQUERQUE

• The Wheels Museum

NEW YORK

KINGSTON

• Trolley Museum of New York

NEW YORK CITY

• New York Transit Museum

NORTH CAROLINA

CHARLOTTE

• Charlotte Trolley
  Heritage line.

OHIO

LYNDHURST

• Ohio Museum of Transportation
  Museum devoted to the history of bus transportation in Ohio cities.

OREGON

BROOKS

• Oregon Electric Railway Museum

PENNSYLVANIA

LEMOYNE

• The Museum of Bus Transportation

WASHINGTON

• Pennsylvania Trolley Museum

TEXAS

DALLAS

• McKinney Avenue Transit Authority (MATA)
  Private, nonprofit association that operates museum streetcars on Dallas streets in conjunction with the city's transit authority DART.

VIRGINIA

ROANOKE

• Virginia Museum of Transportation

WISCONSIN

GREEN BAY

• National Railroad Museum

SOUTH AMERICA

ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES

• Asociaciķn Amigos del Tranvía
  The association offers a standard gauge heritage tramway service in Buenos Aires.

CĶRDOBA

• Asociaciķn Amigos del Tranvía de Cķrdoba
  Association dedicated to the history of Cķrdoba tramways and the restoration of its trams.

ROSARIO

• Museo Ferroviario Rosario (Rosario Railway Museum)

BRAZIL

SANTOS

• Bonde Turístico (Tourist Ram)

SÃO PAULO

• Museu do Transporte Público Gaetano Ferolla (Gaetano Ferolla Museum of Public Transportation)

PERU

LIMA

• Museo de la Electricidad - El Tranvía Eléctrico (Electricity Museum - The Electric Tram)

Last modified: 2 Dec. 2004