Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum
Coordinates: 52 ° 5 ′ 14 " N , 5 ° 7 ′ 53" E
The Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum (NSM) is a railway museum in the Netherlands that has been housed in the Maliebaanstation station building in the city of Utrecht since 1954 .
History of the museum
The museum was founded in 1927 and was initially housed in one of the main buildings of the Dutch Railways in Utrecht. The collection consisted mainly of images and documents. In the 1930s, the first efforts to preserve historically valuable railway material developed. But some of this material was lost again as a result of the war.
After the museum was temporarily housed in the Reichsmuseum in Amsterdam , it was able to return to Utrecht in the 1950s. The Maliebaanstation station, closed in 1939, seemed like an excellent location for the museum. After a renovation, the museum opened its doors in 1954. There was now much more space to display the collection to the public and historical material could be displayed. Until 2003, the long line of historic steam locomotives along the first platform was the most eye-catching part of the collection.
Extensions and conversions
Over the years, more and more train and tram sets came to the museum. In the 1950s and 1960s, the entire forecourt was already full of rolling stock, which, however, suffered greatly from the weather.
A first improvement was the construction of a covered platform in 1975, and two years later the site was expanded again. A new pedestrian bridge over the freight train line, which is still in operation, now gave visitors access to the rear exhibition areas. The forecourt was cleared and prepared as a parking lot.
The historical department was housed in the right wing of the station building, the modern department in the left wing . In addition to old paintings and prints, historical bridge models and models of the various types of trains clearly showed the development of the railway in the Netherlands. The last department was set up in the 1980s in order to be able to show the latest developments. Among other things, a driver's cab of the Dutch local railcar Plan Y (De Sprinter) is on display there.
From 1988 to 1989 the station building was rebuilt again. The interior was completely renewed and designed according to the then modern aspects. This facility lasted until 2003. The outdoor area was gradually expanded to include a railway landscape with smaller, historic operating buildings and one of the oldest Dutch railway bridges.
The last additions from the 1990s were a goods warehouse from 1881 from the village of Nijverdal that housed a restaurant, as well as a new building on the outside area with a large model railway. The material collection, which has grown over the years, was largely restored in the 1990s and brought into roadworthy condition.
In 2002 another major renovation was decided. The station building was closed in 2003, cleared and restored to its original 19th century state. It was equipped with the Koninklijke Wachtkamer , the royal waiting room from the old station building in The Hague ( Station Den Haag Staatsspoor ).
The new exhibition
The exhibition area was also largely cleared and refurbished in 2003. A new museum building was created in which the exhibition is now presented in four themed worlds :
- de grote ontdekking - (The great breakthrough), the beginnings in the 19th century
- droomreizen - (dream travel ), the heyday of international trains around 1900
- stalen monsters - (Steel Monsters), the 1930s and 1940s
- de werkplaats - (The workshop), a large hall with trains and wagons
In the outdoor area, a historic water tower was set up next to the existing signal house from Hoogezand-Sappemeer.
The presentation of the exhibition and the selection of decorative items are now more oriented towards visits by families with children and groups. The technical content of the exhibition takes a back seat. The fact that this concept works from the museum's point of view can be proven by the steadily increasing number of visitors since 2005.
collection
The Railway Museum now has an important collection of rolling stock. It is already too big to be shown in full on the available area. As a result, a large part of the tram material has been rejected in recent years. Part of the railway collection is in the depot or has been loaned to museum railways.
The collection includes steam locomotives, electric locomotives, diesel locomotives, passenger and freight cars and some trams.
Steam locomotives
- De Arend , replica from 1938 ( Arend (locomotive) )
- 13 , from 1865
- 89 Nestor , from 1880
- 326 , from 1881
- 107 , from 1889
- 1622 (Bergkoningin) , from 1928 from the Dutch colony of Java
- 2104 (Blikken Tinus) , from 1914 ( NS series 2100 )
- 3737 (Jumbo) , from 1911 ( NS series 3700 )
- 6317 (De Beul) , from 1931 ( NS series 6300 )
- WD 73755 (Longmoor) , from 1945
Electric locomotives
- NS 1010 , from 1949 ( NS series 1000 )
- NS 1107, 1111, 1125 , from 1950 and 1951 ( NS series 1100 )
- NS 1202, 1211 , from 1951 and 1954 ( NS series 1200 )
- NS 1302, 1312 , from 1952 and 1956 ( NS series 1300 )
Diesel locomotives
- NS 103, 137 , diesel-mechanical, from 1930
- NS 311 (Sik) , diesel-electric, with crane, from 1940
- NS 508, 512 (Hippel) , diesel-electric, from 1944
- NS 629, 673 (Hippel) , diesel-electric, from 1954
- NS 2215, 2264 , diesel-electric, from 1955 and 1956
- NS 2498 , diesel-electric, from 1956
More trains
- mBC 6, mBD 61 , converted to 1500 volts, from 1908
- mBD 9107, C 9410 (Blokkendoos) , from 1927 and 1928
- 27 , diesel-electric, from 1934
- 273 , 1500 volts, from 1952
- NS 20 (Kameel) , diesel-electric, from 1954
- DE 41 (Blauwe Engel) , type Plan X, diesel-electric, from 1954
- 386 , 1500 volts, from 1962
- 114 , type Plan U, diesel-electric, from 1960
- 876 , type Plan V, 1500 volts, from 1973
- mP 3031 (Motorpost) , 1500 volts, from 1966
Passenger cars
- 4, 8, 10 , replica from 1938
- B 119 , 2nd class, from 1902
- C 218 , 3rd class, from 1874
- C 723 , 3rd class, from 1910
- C 755 , 3rd class, from 1907
- C 6478 , 3rd class, from 1933
- Ces 8104, Cecr 8553 (Blokkendoos) , 3rd class, from 1928 and 1931
- C 6703, CKD 6910 , Plan E, 3rd class, from 1956
- AB 7709, RD 7659 , Plan D, 1st and 2nd class from 1950 and 1951
- AB 7376 , Plan K, 1st and 2nd class
- SR 8, SR 9 (Koninklijk rijtuig) from 1933 and 1932, reconstruction in 1953/56
- B 4118 , from 1966
- WR 2287, WR 4249, WL 4750 , from 1911, 1943 and 1973
- P 7920 , Plan C, mail car from 1952
- Pec 1902 , streamlined mail van from 1938
- D 1920 , baggage car from 1914
- D 4088 , baggage car from 1914
- D 7521 , (Zesdeurs stalen D), baggage car from 1931
- 50 84 28-70 101 , Benelux driving trailer from 1986.
Freight wagons
- Luggage car D6 of the SS, conversion from 1958
- several closed wagons: CHD 9807 of HSM, GW 463, S-CHRP 34411, S-CHO 7498, Gs 951 3 744, Uas 978 1 970, Gbs 978 1 981, 982, Hbis 225 0 071
- Post car Hbbkkss 242 2 043 of the PTT / NS from 1979.
- Sleeper wagon 29045
- Sand wagon 172384
- SS cattle wagon FO 3517 from 1864.
- Stake car: LWGK 87583, LWRK 87915.
- Coal wagon: GTUW 65248, GTM 59221
- Silo wagon Ubcs 99625 from 1961
- Tank car 515615P
- Garbage truck Takkls 566 9 025
- Refrigerator car Ibces 980 1 980
- Others: Crane 400 with crane car 941 1 525, 482 with 974 1 503, crane 970 1 816 from 1957
Trams
- A steam locomotive: 2 of the Rijnlandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij (RSTM) from 1881
- Two electric sidecars: 42, 44 of Wiener Lokalbahnen (WLB)
- Coupling wagon: K9 of the Nederlandsche Tramweg Maatschappij (NTM)
- A horse and cart: 16 of the STM
- Two horse-drawn carriages: Dk2, G1 of the NTM
Directions
railroad
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen operates a shuttle service to the Maliebaanstation :
| Train number | Train type | Line route |
|---|---|---|
| 28300 | sprinter | Utrecht Centraal - Utrecht Maliebaanstation |
automobile
Address for the navigation system: Maliebaanstation 16, 3581 XW Utrecht, The Netherlands.
bus
At the Utrecht Centraal bus station , take bus line 3 towards Homeruslaan. Get off at Maliebaan and then walk to the museum (signposted).
Web links
- Homepage of the Dutch Railway Museum in Utrecht (Dutch)
- Railway Museum in Utrecht . In. holland.com
- Vehicle list of the Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum . In: Nederlandse Museummaterieel Database
- Het Spoorwegmuseum (SM), Utrecht . In: railmusea.nl (Dutch)