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Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

600-8835 Kyoto City, Japan
Address Kankiji-cho, Shimogyo-ku
 
 
Floor area 30 000 m² / 322 917 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Railway
  • Model Railway
  • Clocks and Watches
  • Telephone / Telex

Opening times
 Thursday - Tuesdayy: 10:00am - 5:30pm

Admission
Status from 11/2021
 General: 1200 yen; University and high school students: 1,000 yen
Junior high and elementary school students: 500 yen; Children (3 years and older): 200 yen
Contact
Tel.:+81-75-314-2996  Fax:+81-75-314-3054  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.kyotorailwaymuseum.jp/en/highlights
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Location / Directions
N34.987400° E135.743000°N34°59.24400' E135°44.58000'N34°59'14.6400" E135°44'34.8000"

When traveling on foot

Location: Kankijicho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Time required: Approximately 2 minutes

Approximately 20 minutes to the west from the central gate of JR Kyoto Station

When traveling by bus

1. To the Kyoto Station bus stop
Passengers using a city bus [B3 bus stop]
Approximately 10 minutes on bus route 205 or 208. Get off at Umekoji Koen/JR Umekoji-Kyotonishi-eki-mae bus stop and walk for approximately 3 minutes.
Approximately 10 minutes on rapid bus route, 104, or 110, or bus route 86* or 88*. Get off at Umekoji-koen/Kyoto Railway Museum-mae bus stop.
*Operates on weekends and holidays

2. Walking to the Kyoto Railway Museum after getting off the bus
Getting off at Umekoji Koen/JR Umekoji-Kyotonishi-eki-mae bus stop.

After getting off the bus at Umekoji Koen/JR Umekoji-Kyotonishi-eki-mae, you will see Umekoji park on your left. Pass under the overpass on your right to enter through the Entrance Hall.

Getting off at Umekoji-koen/Kyoto Railway Museum-mae bus stop
You will see the Entrance Hall immediately adjacent to the park. You may enter from here.
Description

This museum specializes in steam trains that were run in Japan and is the only museum of its kind in Japan.

Wikipedia (2012):
At the center of the museum is a 20-track roundhouse built in 1914. It was built surrounding a turntable and houses and exhibits the preserved locomotives. The roundhouse is an Important Cultural Property designated by the government of Japan as the oldest reinforced concrete-made car shed extant in Japan.

Exhibition of other historical materials is in a two-story wooden building adjacent to the roundhouse. This is the former station building of Nijō Station in Kyoto. The building was built in 1904 and was moved to the museum ground in 1997.

There is also a short "exhibition operation" track to operate trains. Steam train hauled by either C62, C61, D51 or 8620 class locomotive operates three times a day and makes a round trip on the track in about 10 minutes. Visitors can ride the train for 200 yen (adult) charge.

The museum houses and exhibits 53 railway vehicles in 2021
Locomotives are on display in 2012:
* JNR Class 1070 – No. 1080
* JNR Class 8620 – No. 8630
* JNR Class 9600 – No. 9633
* JNR Class B20 – No. B20 10
* JNR Class C11 – No. C11 64
* JNR Class C51 – No. C51 239
* JNR Class C53 – No. C53 45
* JNR Class C55 – No. C55 1
* JNR Class C56 – No. C56 160
* JNR Class C57 – No. C57 1
* JNR Class C58 – No. C58 1
* JNR Class C59 – No. C59 164
* JNR Class C61 – No. C61 2
* JNR Class C62 – Nos. C62 1 and C62 2
* JNR Class D50 – No. D50 140
* JNR Class D51 – Nos. D51 1 and D51 200
* JNR Class D52 – No. D52 468

Among these locomotives, No. 1080 of Class 1070 was added to the exhibits in 2009 accepting donation by Nittetsu Mining.

C56 160 and C57 1 are occasionally operated out of the museum, especially on the semi-regular service on the Yamaguchi Line.
 
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