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Istanbul Railway Museum
İstanbul Demiryolu Müzesi

Location in Istanbul
Established	September 23, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-23)
Location	Sirkeci, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates	41°00′55″N 28°58′38″E / 41.0153°N 28.9771°E / 41.0153; 28.9771
Type	Railway
Visitors	52,774 (2006)
Website	Istanbul Railway Museum

Front of commuter train locomotive with engineer's instruments inside in the Istanbul Railway Museum

The Istanbul Railway Museum (Turkish: İstanbul Demiryolu Müzesi) is a railway museum in the historic İstanbul Sirkeci Terminal in the Sirkeci neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened on September 23, 2005, the museum is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD).

In the museum, which is housed in the 1888-built and 1890-opened railway terminal, around 300 historical items are on display. The exhibits of the museum covering an area of 145 m (1,560 sq ft) include parts of the trains and the railway stations, photographs, and related documents. A few of these are furniture and silver services used in dining cars, station office equipment, the driver cab of an electric suburban train, manufacturer plates of some historic TCDD rolling stock, warning plates, and a station's clock and bell.

It was reported that 52,774 people, among them 31,153 foreign tourists, visited the museum in 2006.

Admission

The museum is open every day except Sundays and Mondays, between 9:00 and 17:00. Admission is free of charge.

Address:
İstanbul Sirkeci Terminal
Sirkeci, Istanbul

References

^ "Istanbul Railway Museum". TCDD Turkish State Railways. Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
^ "İstanbul Demiryolu Müzesi" (in Turkish). İstanbuk Net. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
^ "Demiryolu Müzesi'ni bir yılda 52 bin kişi gezdi". Sabah (in Turkish). 2007-02-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
"Demiryolu müzesi ziyaretçileri". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2013-04-03.

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