The Kyoto Railway Museum (京都鉄道博物館, Kyōto Tetsudō Hakubutsukan) (formerly the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum (梅小路蒸気機関車館, Umekōji Jōkikikansha-kan) until 2016) is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. | ||||||
Location: Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan | ||||||
Opened:
October 10, 1972 (1972-10-10) (as Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum)
April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29) (as Kyoto Railway Museum)
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Type: Railway museum | ||||||