NSW Rail Museum
The NSW Rail Museum is the main railway museum in New South Wales, Australia. A division of Transport Heritage NSW, it was previously known as the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Rail Heritage Centre and Trainworks.Photo: Bluedawe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: railway museum in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “New South Wales Rail Transport Museum”, “Thirlmere Rail Heritage Centre”, and “Trainworks Railway Museum”
- Address: 10 Barbour Road, Thirlmere, 2572
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thirlmere Lakes National Park and Thirlmere railway station, New South Wales.
Thirlmere Lakes National Park
Photo: TonyMarkham, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thirlmere Lakes National Park is a UNESCO world heritage park in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1972, it became a UNESCO heritage site in the year of 2000.
Thirlmere railway station, New South Wales
Railway station
Photo: Abesty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thirlmere railway station is a heritage railway station located on the Picton–Mittagong loop railway line, serving the town of Thirlmere in the Macarthur Region, New South Wales, Australia. Thirlmere railway station, New South Wales is situated 440 metres northeast of NSW Rail Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Couridjah and Picton.
Couridjah
Hamlet
Couridjah is a small town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. It was previously known officially as "Village of Couridjah". At the 2016 census, Couridjah had a population of 303. Couridjah is situated 3½ km southwest of NSW Rail Museum.
Picton
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Picton is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. It's typically regarded as the northernmost end of the Southern Highlands but it's very close to being regarded as the southernmost of Sydney.
Buxton
Village
Buxton is a small village in the Macarthur Region of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, in Wollondilly Shire. At the 2021 census, Buxton had a population of 2,071 people. Its name comes from the town of Buxton, Derbyshire. Buxton is situated 6 km southwest of NSW Rail Museum.
NSW Rail Museum
- Categories: railway museum, railway, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.20764° or 34° 12′ 28″ southLongitude
150.56891° or 150° 34′ 8″ eastOperator
Transport Heritage NSWOpen location code
4RQGQHR9+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 370370494OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7011771
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“NSW Rail Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “新南威尔士州铁路博物馆”
- Chinese: “新南威爾士州鐵路博物館”
- Japanese: “ニューサウスウェールズ鉄道博物館”
- Swedish: “New South Wales Rail Transport Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thirlmere RSL and Mini Train Track.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Great Train Hall and Thirlmere Roundhouse.
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