Railway History Park Budapest

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Coordinates: 47 ° 32 '31 "  N , 19 ° 5' 55"  E

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historical electric locomotive in the museum V40  016 System Kando from 1934

The Budapest Railway History Park ( Hungarian : Vasúttörténeti Park ) - also known as the Hungarian Railway Museum Füsti or Lokpark Budapest - is a railway museum in Budapest .

NoHAB diesel locomotive M61.001 in the locomotive shed

The Hungarian Railway History Park (also: "Füsti Park", i.e. "Rauchpark") is considered to be the largest railway museum in Central Europe. It is located on the site of the former northern railway depot of the Budapest Nyugati pályaudvar (Budapest West Railway Station). The museum uses the locomotive sheds and the outdoor area of ​​the disused railway depot from 1911 and was inaugurated on July 14, 2000.

The area measures 70,000 m 2 . Approx. 100 historical railway vehicles are exhibited there. The holdings document the development of the Hungarian railways from 1870 to the present day. In addition to a large number of steam locomotives, the collection also includes diesel and electric locomotives, such as an electric locomotive that works according to the drive principle invented by Kálmán Kandó . Many vehicles are still operational or have been refurbished to work. At events in the park, these can also be seen in operation and some of them can be driven by hand. The vehicles are regularly used at home and abroad for nostalgic special trips.

Since 2006 there has also been a tram train in Füsti with a unit of the formerly widespread Budapest type UV .

Offer and programs

  • Railway history permanent exhibition
  • Library and film museum
  • Garden railway (kertivasút)
  • Model railway (terepasztal)
  • tram
  • the possibility to ride a draisine (vágánygépkocsi)
  • the ability to drive locomotives yourself
  • Locomotive simulator
  • Horse-drawn railway (lóvasút)

photos

  • Steam locomotives

  • Steam locomotives

  • Steam locomotives

See also

Film frames

  • Gernot Stadler, Björn Kölz: On the rails of the double-headed eagle - From the Puszta to the Adriatic. Film from 3sat, 2018. 50 min. (The first 10 minutes to the museum.)

Web links

Commons : Budapest Railway History Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files