Keio Rail Land
The Keio Rail-Land ( Japanese 京 王 れ ー る ラ ン ド , Keiō Rēru Rando ) is a railway museum in Japan . It is located in Hino in Tokyo , next to the train station Tama Dōbutsukōen . The museum, which opened in 2000, belongs to the Keio Group and shows vehicles from the Keiō Dentetsu railway company .
exhibition
The museum is strongly geared towards the needs of children, who are introduced to the world of railways through play. This includes driving simulators , a signal tower simulator , a model railway in the size H0 and toy trains . There is also an exhibition on the history of the railway company, including historical uniforms.
Vehicles from Keiō Dentetsu representing five earlier series are parked in the partially open car hall . The oldest vehicle dates from 1940. A miniature train runs around the car hall. The offer is supplemented by a souvenir shop.
history
During the construction of the Tama monorail, it was foreseeable that the passenger frequencies on the partially parallel Keiō Dōbutsuen line would drop significantly. To counteract the decline, the management of Keiō Dentetsu decided to take various measures. Among other things, employees set up a museum in a hall specially built for this purpose at the Tama-Dōbutsukōen train station . The opening was on March 24, 2000. On the occasion of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the railway company, the museum was given a second floor and a car hall was added. After a two-month temporary closure, it reopened on October 10, 2013.
Web links
- Keio Rail Land (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 中央 本 線 歴 史 の 興味 . In: Tetsudō Pikutoriaru . No. 734 . Denkisha kenkyūkai, Chiyoda July 2003, p. 17-22 .
- ↑ 京 王 の 電車 ・ バ ス 開業 100 周年 を 記念 し て 新 し い 京 王 れ ー る ラ ン ド 10 月 10 日 （木） オ ー プ ン！ (PDF, 549 kB) Keiō Dentetsu , September 12 , 2020 (Japanese on February 4, 2013, accessed on February 4, 2013 in Japanese ).
Coordinates: 35 ° 38 ′ 56.1 ″ N , 139 ° 24 ′ 16.3 ″ E