Railway Museum Athens
The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation in 1978. It was located at 4 Siokou Street in Athens, but the collection has since been moved to the former MPR Depot site in Lefka, Piraeus in 2019 (not to be confused with the Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Greece
- Also known as: “Railway Museum of Athens”
- Address: Υμηττού
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piraeus and Lefka railway station.
Piraeus
Railway station
Photo: Sv1xv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piraeus is a railway station, which is situated 780 metres southwest of Railway Museum Athens.
Lefka railway station
Railway stop
Lefka railway station is a station on the Piraeus–Platy railway line in Piraeus, Athens. Originally opened on 30 June 1884, it was rebuilt to serve the Athens Suburban Railway lines when this section came into operation in June 2007. Lefka railway station is situated 360 metres northeast of Railway Museum Athens.
Electric Railways Museum
Museum
The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus is a railway museum in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The museum opened in 2005, displaying the personal collection of a former railway employee. Electric Railways Museum is situated 1 km southwest of Railway Museum Athens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lefka and Kaminia.
Railway Museum Athens
- Categories: railway museum, building, tourism, railway roundhouse, and tourist attraction
- Location: Piraeus, Piraeus Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.95354° or 37° 57′ 13″ northLongitude
23.65067° or 23° 39′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8G95XM32+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1107310497OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
railway=roundhouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1311748
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Railway Museum Athens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف السكك الحديدية في أثينا”
- Arabic: “متحف سكك حديدية”
- Armenian: “Աթենքի երկաթուղային թանգարան”
- French: “musée du chemin de fer d’Athènes”
- French: “Musée du chemin de fer d’Athènes”
- German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Athen”
- Greek: “Νέο Σιδηροδρομικό Μουσείο”
- Greek: “Σιδηροδρομικό Μουσείο (Αθήνα)”
- Greek: “Σιδηροδρομικό Μουσείο Αθηνών”
- Greek: “Σιδηροδρομικό Μουσείο”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens jernbanemuseum”
- Norwegian: “Athens jernbanemuseum”
- Russian: “Афинский железнодорожный музей”
- Western Armenian: “Աթէնքի Երկաթուղային Թանգարան”
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