Railway museums in the Netherlands

The Railway Museum is housed in the ‘Maliebaanstation’ from 1874. The museum is a museum park where the story of almost 175 years of railways in the Netherlands is told. The museum collection includes steam and diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, carriages and trams. The museum is divided into

The Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik museum is dedicated to the steam train in the Netherlands. The museum uses the former freight and classification yard of that station of Hoorn. Steam trams drive from village to village on the railway between Hoorn and Medemblik from 1887. The collection consists of st

The MEC Museum (Mechanical Heritage Center) in Dronten is a museum with a large diverse collection, from sewing machines and tools to large steam engines and historic combustion engines. A 1942 English patrol ship/minesweeper, and a 1949 icebreaker, etc. Every third Saturday of the month is steam d

The Stoomtrein Goes - Borsele is a ‘moving museum’ that includes a museum railway with historical carriages and locomotives. The museum owns the entire railway from the thirties. The train travels through ‘De Zak van Zuid-Beveland’, characterised by small polders and dikes. The trip starts at the ol

The Electrische Museumtramlijn Amsterdam commutes with old trams from the Haarlemmermeerstation in Amsterdam to Bovenkerk Station in Amstelveen. There are trips with various trams from the period 1904 - 1954, from various European cities.

Museum Buurtspoorweg (MBS) is a museum railway line between Haaksbergen and Boekelo. The collection of the museum consists of steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, restored train carriages and a collection of historical objects. Visitors experience how people travelled in the past. The museum illus

The Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM) is operating a heritage railway between Apeldoorn, Beekbergen, Loenen, Eerbeek and Dieren. Especially the VSM’s Railway Museum in Beekbergen is worth a visit. This museum includes the locomotive workshops and depot where water and coal is loaded in the eng

Museumspoorlijn STAR includes diesel trains and a historical steam train and is located between Veendam and Musselkanaal. With a track of 26 kilometres it is the longest museum line of the Netherlands. The carriages shed is converted into a museum, where a collection of authentic attributes from the

The Nationaal Modelspoor Museum is housed in the restored station of Sneek. It is dedicated to model trains. The museum features showcases with tracks with miniature locomotives, miniature train sets and model trains that run through various landscapes. It has a number of collections of both Dutch a

The Museum Stoomdepot is located in a classic locomotive shed in Rotterdam. Inside the shed are five tracks with steam locomotives. The second floor provides space for exhibitions. It is also possible to take a ride in one of the steam trains.

The North Netherlands Train & Tram Museum is housed in the former station building of Zuidbroek built in 1865. It is the oldest station in the province of Groningen, on the line from the city of Groningen to Nieuweschans. The museum uses costumes, models, photographs, signs, tools and a model railwa

Discover the public transport of the past and marvel at the technology of the past. And get acquainted with toys from the last century. You see the toys in a surprising environment. The Public Transport & Toy Museum in Doesburg is located in the historic and cozy Gildehofje. The museum gives you a g

Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp is a tram museum that runs a tram service with trams from the former ‘Rotterdamse Tramweg Maatschappij’. From 1898 until the 60s of the last century, steam trams of this company ran between Rotterdam and the South Holland islands. The museum exhibits the trams that ran on these

The Industrieel Smalspoor Museum is located on a site of six hectares, next to the Dommerkanaal. Historical machines and locomotives are on display here. The visitor can make a trip through the forest with a narrow gauge railway train. This route was used for the transport of peat to the peat plants

The Gelderse Smalspoor Stichting has a collection of narrow gauge railway trains and related objects. The collection includes old locomotives such as the Deutz OMD 117f, Diemas, the Whitcomb and a large 24-ton heavy electric locomotive and carriages and ‘lorries’. Visitors can also take a ride on th

The Miljoenenlijn is a railway line that runs through the hilly surroundings. It connects the stations Landgraaf and Simpelveld. Visitors can make train trips with steam and diesel traction or go visit the station and see the surrounding park. At various stops visitors can leave the train, including

Streetcar Museum Rotterdam is located in streetcar depot Hillegersberg. The museum paints a picture of streetcar history using photographs and streetcar attributes such as uniforms and tickets. The museum also features several streetcars, including an old horse-drawn streetcar from 1880.

The Hague Public Transport Museum is dedicated to the history of streetcars and buses. Using a collection of old streetcars and buses, the museum shows how public transport in The Hague developed. It is also possible for visitors to take a tour in a historic streetcar.

The NZH Transportation Museum was created in 1981 to mark the 100th anniversary of the transportation company NZHVM. Later called the NZH. In its existence it was the largest public transport company in the Netherlands with 1000 buses and about 3000 employees. The transport area stretched between Te

Leemspoor is a Narrow gauge railway on which brickyards transported their raw material a hundred years ago. The visitor can see the track or take a ride on it. At the final station, the locomotives are exhibited. The collection includes some diesel locomotives, a steam locomotive, several passenger

As you enter the station, it seems as if you have stepped back in time. At the platform a nearly 100 years old steam locomotive and its wooden carriages are waiting for you. The conductor blows his whistle, the fireman feeds his fire, and as the engine driver pulls the regulator, the train puts itse