Zürich Tram Museum
The Zurich Tram Museum is a transport museum in the Swiss city of Zurich, specialising in the history of the Zurich tram system. The main museum site is located at the former tram depot, Tramdepot Burgwies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Wednesday and Saturday—Monday 1:00 PM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Zurich (Switzerland)
- Also known as: “Depot Burgwies”, “VBZ Depot 3”, and “Zurich Tram Museum”
- Address: Forchstrasse 256, Zürich, 8008
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mahmood Mosque and Burghölzli.
Mahmood Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mahmood Mosque, situated in Forchstrasse, Zurich, is the first purpose-built mosque in Switzerland. It is owned and run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Mahmood Mosque is situated 410 metres southeast of Zürich Tram Museum.
Burghölzli
Clinic
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burghölzli, named after the wooded hill in the district of Riesbach in southeastern Zürich where it is located, is the Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, a psychiatric hospital in Switzerland. Burghölzli is situated 470 metres south of Zürich Tram Museum.
Kirche Balgrist
Church
Photo: Michael D. Schmid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirche Balgrist is a church, which is situated 370 metres southeast of Zürich Tram Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hirslanden and Riesbach.
Hirslanden
Suburb
Hirslanden is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 7,648 distributed on an area of 2.187 km2.
Witikon
Suburb
Photo: Martin E. Walder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Witikon is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1934. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,747 distributed on an area of 4.93 km2.
Zürich Tram Museum
- Categories: tramway museum, technology museum, memory institution, building, tourism, industrial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Zurich, Zürich District, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.35773° or 47° 21′ 28″ northLongitude
8.57095° or 8° 34′ 15″ eastInception
1893Open location code
8FVC9H5C+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 11943734OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2448500
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Zürich Tram Museum” goes by many names.
- German: “Tram-Museum Zürich”
- German: “Trammuseum Zürich”
- Japanese: “チューリッヒトラム博物館”
- Russian: “Музей трамваев”
- Spanish: “Museo del Tranvía de Zúrich”
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Highlights include Buchenweg and Quartiertreff Hirslanden.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zürich Tram Museum”. Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.