Railway Museum

Warsaw


Occupying the former premises of Warszawa Główna, the city's main train station until the opening of Warszawa Centralna in 1975, this open-air museum is a real treat for fans of the iron way and the golden age of railways. After ogling the some 500 historical exhibits inside, including model trains, uniforms and other memorabilia, head outside to the platforms to inspect up close 50 steam, diesel and electrical engines, carriages and rolling stock.

Transportation

  • metro: Rondo Daszyńskiego
  • tram: Plac Zawiszy

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Warsaw attractions

1. Warsaw Spire

0.42 MILES

The 49-storey Warsaw Spire is Poland's tallest office building and the centrepiece of a business district of shiny new tower blocks that is transforming…

2. Warsaw Rising Museum

0.48 MILES

This exceptional museum, housed in a former tram power station and its surrounding grounds, traces the history of the city's heroic but doomed uprising…

3. Warsaw Ghetto Museum

0.58 MILES

Occupying the former Bersohn and Bauman Children’s Hospital, completed in 1878, this museum devoted to the tragic history of the Warsaw Ghetto is…

4. Ghetto Wall Fragment

0.59 MILES

A section of the original brick wall of the Jewish ghetto has been preserved in this courtyard, where you'll also find a commemorative plaque.

5. Ghetto Wall Fragment

0.61 MILES

At this spot stood one of the major gates to the small ghetto. Fragments of the original brick wall have been preserved.

6. Varso Tower

0.63 MILES

Set to be completed in 2020, the 53-storey Varso Tower is the centrepiece of a new office and retail development that, when it tops out at 320m, will be…

7. Footbridge of Memory

0.76 MILES

Designed by Tomasz Tusch-Lec, this installation commemorates the wooden footbridge that was built here in 1942 to connect the small and large ghettos…

8. Keret House

0.77 MILES

It's easy to completely miss what has to be Warsaw's narrowest building, measuring between 70cm and 122cm width. Dedicated to the Israeli writer Edgar…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "poland/warsaw/new-town-muranow/attractions/railway-museum/a/poi-sig/1617300/1342661",
      "destination": "Warsaw",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "country": "Poland",
      "city": "Warsaw",
      "position": "superzone"
    }