Istanbul Railway Museum

Istanbul Railway Museum

İstanbul Demiryolu Müzesi
Established	September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)
Location	Sirkeci, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates
Type	Railway
Visitors	52,774 (2006)
Website	www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/istanbul_ing.html

Railway Museum

Location of Railway Museum in Istanbul

Front of commuter train locomotive with engineer's instruments inside in the Istanbul Railway Museum

The Istanbul Railway Museum (Turkish: İstanbul Demiryolu Müzesi) is a railway museum situated within the historical İstanbul Sirkeci Terminal at Sirkeci neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened on September 23, 2005, the museum is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD).

In the museum, which is housed in the 1888-built and 1890-opened railway terminal, around 300 historical items are on display. The exhibits of the museum covering an area of 145 m² (1,560 sq ft) are parts of the trains and the railway stations, photographs as well as related documents. A few to name are: furniture and silver services used in dining cars, station office equipment, driver cab of an electric suburban train, manufacturer plates of some historic TCDD rolling stock, warning plates, station's clock and bell.

It was reported that 52,774 people among them 31,153 foreign tourists, visited the museum in 2006.

Admission

Open everyday but Sundays and Mondays between 9:00 and 17:00. Admission is free of charge.

Address
İstanbul Sirkeci Terminal
Sirkeci, Istanbul

See also

• Çamlık Railway Museum in Selçuk, Izmir Province
• TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum in Ankara