Basque Railway Museum

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Azpeitia reception building, entrance to the museum

The Basque Railway Museum ( Museo Vasco del Ferrocarril / Burdinbidearen Euskal Museoak ) was in the rule for the traffic disused station of Azpeitia in the Basque Country in Spain set up.

background

The Azpeitia station was on the mostly disused Zumarrága – Zumaia railway . In addition to the systems for passenger traffic, it included a railway depot and a transformer station for the traction power supply . The buildings of all these systems were included in the museum after the route was abandoned, as was the associated track field. The museum was founded in 1994. The carrier is the regional transport company EuskoTren . Objects related to the railway history of the Basque Country are on display.

Collections

vehicles

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The museum displays an extensive collection of vehicles, both from EuskoTren and its predecessor organizations' own stocks and from stocks from other railways in the Basque Country. EuskoTren operates both railways and trams in Bilbao and Vitoria , all of which are narrow-gauge . The historic vehicles of the RENFE, however, drove on broad gauge . In order to be able to exhibit them, a track of the Spanish broad gauge (1672 millimeters) was laid in the outdoor area. The narrow-gauge vehicles are on display in the outdoor area and in the large hall of the former depot.

The museum also shows the oldest surviving railway vehicle in Spain, a saloon car from 1876, which the management used on the railway line between Sestao and Galdames , which is part of a mine .

Other collections

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In addition, the museum shows numerous items related to railway operations: In the former station building, historical railway uniforms are on display on the first floor , and clocks from railway operations on the second floor. In the hall of the former depot, the workshop with 16 historical machines in situ and in the condition from 1925 is preserved. With mechanical power transmission, they are driven by an electric motor. The historic switchgear of the substation from the beginning of the 20th century in its hall has also been preserved. Here you will find further exhibits and models on the history of the railway.

Worth knowing

Museum train in operation
  • In the summer half of the year, the museum offers public rides in historical vehicles, some of them with steam traction, on a rebuilt section of the Zumarrága – Zumaia route between Azpeitia and Lasao .
  • The Jesuit College Loyola is located about two kilometers from the museum .

literature

  • euskotren: Basque Railway Museum - Basque du Chemin de Fer Museum [leaflet]. OJ (2019).
  • Basque Railway Museum: Activity Program 2019 . 2019.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Euskotren: Basque Railway Museum .
  2. ↑ Euskotren: Basque Railway Museum .
  3. ↑ Labeling on the object.
  4. ↑ Euskotren: Basque Railway Museum .
  5. ^ EU Railway Atlas . Schweers + Wall. Aachen 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-147-5 , p. 33.
  6. ^ Basque Railway Museum: Activity Program 2019 .

Coordinates: 43 ° 11 ′ 8.9 "  N , 2 ° 15 ′ 41"  E