The Romanian Railway Museum (Muzeul CFR București) is a museum about the history of railways in Romania and is located next to the Bucharest North Train Station.
History Of The Romanian Railway Museum
The idea for the museum was born in 1924 and in 1939 the museum opened its doors for the first time inside the Bucharest North Train Station. However, during World War II, the museum was almost entirely destroyed as the railway station was a target of the 1944 bombings of Bucharest. In 1953 the museum reopened again in the current building on Calea Griviței. In 1968 it was closed again and reopened one year later for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first railroad in Romania which opened in 1869. The first railroad connected Bucharest with Giurgiu and one of the passengers to undertake the one-hour journey was King Carol I.
Visiting The Romanian Railway Museum
In the Romanian Railway Museum you can learn about the history of railways in Romania from the first railroad to modern times. Among the exibits are historic locomotives, the rebuilt engine of the train making the first trip in 1869, ticket conductors’ uniforms, and other historic objects. There is a also a large miniature railway track with model trains, a train station, houses, and landscapes. The museum is not very large and can easily be seen in less than an hour.
If you’re interested to learn more about the evolution of technology in Romania, you might also want to see the Technical Museum Dimitrie Leonida.
