Kyoto Railway Museum

The Kyoto Railway Museum is a railway museum in , Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum.
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  • Opening hours:
    Thursday–Tuesday: 10:00 AM–4:30 PM
    Wednesday: closed
    December 30th–January 1st: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: railway museum in Kyoto, Japan
  • Also known as: “Eisenbahnmuseum Kyoto”
  • Address: 下京区, 京都市, 京都府 600-8835

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Umekoji Steam Locomotive Roundhouse and Umekōji Park.

Railway roundhouse
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is a railway roundhouse.

Park
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is situated 330 metres east of Kyoto Railway Museum.

Buddhist temple
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Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon… is situated 750 metres southeast of Kyoto Railway Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minami and Central Kyoto.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , Japan.

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encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

Suburb
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is one of the eleven wards in the city of , in , . is situated 3 km north of Kyoto Railway Museum.

Kyoto Railway Museum

Latitude
34.9865° or 34° 59′ 11″ north
Longitude
135.74271° or 135° 44′ 34″ east
Established
April 29th, 2016
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Transportation Culture Promotion Foundation
Open location code
8Q6QXPPV+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290375264
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q24014029
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Korean—“Kyoto Railway Museum” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Muséu del Ferrocarril de Kioto”
  • Burmese: “ကျိုတိုမီးရထားပြတိုက်”
  • Chinese: “京都鐵道博物館”
  • Esperanto: “Kiota Fervoja Muzeo”
  • French: “Kyoto Railway Museum”
  • French: “musée ferroviaire de Kyoto”
  • French: “Musée ferroviaire de Kyoto”
  • German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Kyōto”
  • German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Kyōtō”
  • Hungarian: “Kiotói vasúti múzeum”
  • Japanese: “Kyōto Tetsudō Hakubutsukan”
  • Japanese: “きょうとてつどうはくぶつかん”
  • Japanese: “京都鉄道博物館”
  • Korean: “교토철도박물관”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 8630 and C62-2.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Steam Locomotive No.2 Service Shed and Steam Locomotives and Maintenance Facilities of Kyoto Railway Museum.

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Worth a closer look: Central Kyoto and Higashiyama.

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