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Established
  
May 1989

Type
  
Railway museum

Phone
  
+81 3-3614-8811

Location
  
Sumida, Tokyo Japan

Website
  
www.tobu.co.jp/museum

Public transit access
  
Higashi-Mukōjima Station

Tobu Museum

Address
  
Japan, 〒131-0032 Tokyo, 墨田区Higashimukojima, ４−２８−１６

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–4:30PMSunday10AM–4:30PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–4:30PMWednesday10AM–4:30PMThursday10AM–4:30PMFriday10AM–4:30PMSaturday10AM–4:30PMSuggest an edit

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The Tobu Museum (東武博物館, Tōbu Hakubutsukan) is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway.

Contents

The museum was closed from January 2009 until June 2009 for refurbishment. It reopened on 22 July 2009.

Steam engine at tobu museum


Exhibits

The following full-size vehicles are on display.

  • B1 class steam locomotive – No. 5 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock and Company)
  • B1 class steam locomotive – No. 6 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock and Company)
  • ED101 class electric locomotive – No. 101 (later ED4000 class No. ED4001, built 1930, moved to museum from Ohmi Railway in January 2009)
  • ED5010 class electric locomotive - No. ED5015 (built 1959)
  • Class DeHa1 electric railcar – No. DeHa5 (built 1924)
  • 1720 series "DRC" electric multiple unit car – cab section only (built 1960)
  • 5700 series electric multiple unit car – No. MoHa5701 (built 1951, moved to museum in January 2009)
  • Nikkō Tramway 200 series tramcar - No. 203 (built 1954)

    • The collection includes a reproduction of a station office Including automatic ticket gates outside with see-through covering, ticket vending machines, interlocking board, telephone and railroad exhibits. A season ticket issuing machine and "celebrate admission pass" is issued free of charge.

    The museum also owns the 6-car Tobu 8000 series EMU set 8111, which was repainted into its original "royal beige" and "international orange" livery for a series of special event runs on Tobu Lines.

    Access

    The museum is located underneath Higashi-Mukōjima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line. Visitors can view trains passing at close range from windows underneath the platform.

    Address

    4-28-16 Higashi-mukōjima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

    References

    Tobu Museum Wikipedia
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