İstanbul Railway Museum
The Istanbul Railway Museum is a railway museum in the historic Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal in the Sirkeci neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey.- Opening hours:
Monday and public holidays: closed
Tuesday—Sunday: 9:30 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: a museum in Istanbul, Turkey
- Also known as: “Istanbul Railway Museum” and “TCDD Sirkeci Railway Museum”
- Address: Sirkeci İstasyon Caddesi, İstanbul, Fatih, 34110
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
Hagia Sophia, officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was formerly a church and a museum. Hagia Sophia is situated 790 metres south of İstanbul Railway Museum.
Topkapı Palace
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Topkapı Palace or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1853, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Topkapı Palace is situated 670 metres southeast of İstanbul Railway Museum.
Istanbul Sirkeci Terminal
Station
Photo: Martin-D, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sirkeci railway station, listed on maps as Istanbul railway station, is a railway terminal in Istanbul, Turkey. The terminal is located in Sirkeci, on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula, right next to the Golden Horn and just northwest of Gülhane Park and the Topkapı Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eminönü and Mollafenari.
Eminönü
Quarter
Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.
Eminönü, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of Istanbul within the Fatih district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.
Mollafenari
Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mollafenari is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 99. It is on the European side of Istanbul.
Karaköy
Quarter
İstanbul Railway Museum
- Categories: railway museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Historical Peninsula, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.0152° or 41° 0′ 55″ northLongitude
28.97668° or 28° 58′ 36″ eastOpen location code
8GHC2X8G+3MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5108828680OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q15228897
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“İstanbul Railway Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف سكك حديدية”
- Armenian: “Ստամբուլի երկաթուղային թանգարան”
- Chinese: “伊斯坦布尔铁路博物馆”
- Czech: “Istanbulské železniční muzeum”
- Estonian: “İstanbuli Raudteemuuseum”
- Georgian: “სტამბოლის რკინიგზის მუზეუმი”
- Japanese: “イスタンブール鉄道博物館”
- Persian: “موزه راهآهن استانبول”
- Russian: “Стамбульский железнодорожный музей”
- Turkish: “İstanbul Demiryolu Müzesi”
- Turkish: “TCDD Sirkeci Demiryolu Müzesi”
- Turkish: “TCDD Sirkeci Garı Demiryolu Müzesi”
- Urdu: “استنبول ریلوے عجائب گھر”
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Highlights include Tourist Information Center and Steam engine n°2251.
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