Location Moscow Phone +7 499 623-39-78 | Website mzd.rzd.ru | |
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Address Kozhevnicheskaya ul., 2, Moskva, Russia, 115114 Hours Open today · 10AM–7PMWednesday10AM–7PMThursday10AM–7PMFriday10AM–7PMSaturday10AM–7PMSunday10AM–4:45PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Traurnyy Poyezd Lenina, Railroad Museum of the Mosc, Muzey Zheleznodorozhnoy Tekhniki, Moscow Rizhskaya railway st, Moscow Paveletskaya railway st | ||
The Museum of the Moscow Railway is situated next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The museum reopened to private visitors in 2011 and it reopened to the general public in January 2012.
Overview
The museum was formerly the Museum of Lenin’s funeral train. It still houses exhibits relating to Vladimir Lenin's Funeral train including the 4-6-0 steam locomotive U-127 (Russian Y-127) and Lenin’s funeral van No 1691. The collection of exhibits has been expanded and it now also houses many artifacts concerning the Moscow Railway and the history of Russian Railways from the beginnings of the railways in Russia to the present day. The collection includes models, displays, documents, photographs, uniforms and items of railway equipment. U-127 is the only surviving Russian locomotive class U.