The Railway Museum () is a museum located in the
Savski Venac
Savski Venac ( sr-cyr, Савски Венац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 36,699 inhabitants.
It is one of the three municipalities which constitute the ...
,
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
, the capital of Serbia.
History
It was founded on 1 February 1950. The first exhibition was held in 1953 under title "Through the history of
Yugoslav Railways
Yugoslav Railways (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенске железнице, Jugoslovenske železnice, separator=" / "; ; ), with standard acronym ( in Cyrillic), was the state railway company of Yugoslavia, operational from the 1920s to t ...
" ('). Museum is in possession of over 40,000 objects and also has an archive and library. It also operates the
Šargan Eight
The Šargan Eight () is a Rail gauge, narrow-gauge heritage railway in Serbia, running from the village of Mokra Gora to Vitasi, Šargan Vitasi station. Modern line was restored on 1 September 2003. An extension to Višegrad in the Republika Srps ...
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...
heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) ...
, running from the
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
of
Mokra Gora
Mokra Gora ( sr-Cyrl, Мокра Гора, lit=Wet Mountain, ) is a village located in the city of Užice, southwestern Serbia. It is situated on the northern slopes of the Zlatibor Mountains. Emphasis on historical reconstruction has made it int ...
to
Šargan Vitasi station. As of 2018, it is managed by the company
Serbian Railways
Serbian Railways ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Железнице Србије, Železnice Srbije, separator=" / "; abbr. / ) is a Serbian engineering and technical consulting company based in Belgrade, Serbia.
In 2015, the Government of Serbia establishe ...
.
Gallery
Former Ministry of Transportation Belgrade 5.JPG, ''Entrance to Railway Museum''
File:Maschienenfabrik L. Schwarzkopff DT-N 2 0-4-0.jpg, ''JŽ class 99.4.084 Brigadelok from the Ohrid line''
See also
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List of museums in Serbia
This is a list of museums in Serbia. The first museums in Serbia were established in the late 19th century, and by 1918, their total number had reached 32.
List
Belgrade
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has the highest number of museums in t ...
References
External links
Railway Museumat zeleznicesrbije.com
Railway Museumat serbia.com
Museums in Belgrade
Serbian Railways
Museums established in 1950
Railway museums in Serbia
1950 establishments in Yugoslavia
Savski Venac
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