Shanghai Railway Museum

Shanghai Railway Museum

Shanghai Railway Museum

The original Shanghai station of Shanghai Nanjing Railway (Old North Station), which was built in 1909 and has the style of British classical architecture, was built on its original site and opened to the public on the 55th anniversary of the founding of Shanghai Railway Bureau in August 2004. It is now the popular science education base of Shanghai.

In December 2017, it was selected into the list of the first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases and camps of the Ministry of education.

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Development history

Guided by the scientific outlook on development, the Shanghai Railway Museum takes historical materials and objects as the main carrier to show the history of Shanghai and East China Railway in the past 100 years since the railway entered China in the 1860s and 1970s, highlighting the changes and development of railway productivity. The museum is divided into six parts, with more than 50 exhibition items and nearly 1000 exhibits. There are precious old railway equipment, old equipment and historical pictures, as well as popular science projects that integrate knowledge and interest and allow the audience to participate.

In the process of building the museum, Shanghai Railway Administration has been highly praised by the leaders of the Ministry of Railways and Shanghai Municipality

It is believed that in the years to come, Shanghai Railway Museum will be more perfect and make positive contributions to the development of Shanghai and Railway Cultural and Museum undertakings while better serving enterprises and society.

The whole museum includes an outdoor square exhibition area of about 1300 square meters and a main building of more than 3000 square meters. There are four floors in the main building of the museum. The exhibition area on the ground floor with an area of about 1000 square meters is open. The exhibits are mainly pictures, historical documents and objects.

The overall layout of Shanghai Railway Museum has a strong historical atmosphere of railway past: the outdoor square exhibition area creates a scene of an early railway station, and the bulky steam locomotive and wooden platform canopy are full of vicissitudes of time. The four storey main building of the museum is built with 80% proportion according to the original Shanghai station of Shanghai Nanjing Railway built in 1909, which reproduces the British classical style of Shanghai station.

geographical position

200 Tianmu East Road, Zhabei District. Wusong railway, China's first operating railway, was built in Shanghai. Wusong railway, with a total length of 14.5 km, was started in December 1874 and completed and put into operation in December 1876. Nearly 800 objects on display in the museum show the development and changes of the railway with a history of more than 100 years. There are some landmarks erected during the construction of the Shanghai Hangzhou railway in the late Qing Dynasty, rails made in the 1890s, early train timetables, signal lights, old steam engines built in the 1920s and 1940s, railway boxes built in the Republic of China, etc., as well as audio-visual interactive train ferry operations, train formation and other multimedia demonstration platforms for visitors.

Practical information

Ticket information

Adult 10 yuan; primary and secondary school students, railway workers and retirees 5 yuan; elderly people over 70 years old, disabled people with valid certificates free; parents with minor children visit, minor children free (limited to one person).

Opening Hours

From Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00-11:30 (no admission at 11:00), 14:00-16:30 (no admission at 16:00), and closed on Monday.

Honors

In December 2017, it was selected into the list of the first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases and camps of the Ministry of education.

Traffic information

External traffic

Take subway line 3 or 4 to Baoshan Road station, and walk for about 7 minutes.

Take bus No.13, 18, 63, 302, 308, 318, 319, 329, 502, 537, 948, 952 to Shanxi North Road Station of Tianmu East Road, and walk west for about 100 meters.

Address: 200 Tianmu East Road

Longitude: 121.4764063411

Latitude: 31.250031719789

Tel: 021-51221987

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