The Thessaly Railway Museum (or ''Volos Railway Museum'', el, Σιδηροδρομικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλίας) was founded in 2006 and occupies the first floor in the beautiful building of

Volos railway station Volos railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Βόλου, Sidirodromikos Stathmos Volos) is a railway station in Volos, Greece. located within the city itself (close to the harbour). Opened on 22 April 1884 by the Thessa ...

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. The museum exhibits a collection of railway material from the past: rare photographs, uniforms, old

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s, machinery for issuing tickets of the 19th century made of wood and bronze, tools, watches, timetables, rolling stock components, traffic lights and old measurement instruments. There is also a documents collection, with rare books concerning railway architecture from the 19th century and other historic documents. The documents collection includes the blueprint drawings of

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for the construction of Pelion railway. A current project involves the construction of an open air rolling stock exhibition at the southwestern area of the station, with the cooperation of University of Thessaly. It shall include 9-10 metre gauge steam locomotives and carriages of the late 19th century, including two coaches for the Royal family of

. Currently the museum admits visitors by appointment, Mondays to Fridays 07:30-14:30.

External links

Museum page on OSE site

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