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Museum
National Railway Museum
At the historic Piraeus Engine House, the history, technology and development of the Greek railway come together in a single site of cultural heritage.
The collection includes historic rolling stock and railway artefacts that illustrate different periods in the development of the Greek railway.
1979 — 2019
The first Museum
The Railway Museum of Hellenic Railways (OSE) opened in 1979 and, until 2019, was housed in the former Metal Constructions Works of the Piraeus–Athens–Peloponnese Railways (SPAP) on Siokou Street. Rolling stock and other railway material was brought together there and assessed as museum material for the first time, along with archive material originating from the following organisations:
The new home: Piraeus Engine House
An iconic industrial complex at Lefka
In 2018, ahead of the line undergrounding project, Hellenic Railways (OSE) selected the historic Piraeus Engine House complex (MPR) at Lefka as the site of the New Railway Museum, and decided to relocate the existing museum there. A proposal for the restoration and re-use of the site was then prepared by the Urban Environment Laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens.
The Engine House complex was built by SPAP in 1912 and remained in continuous operation until 2005, when it closed for good. It was used for light maintenance of traction units on the metre-gauge line (the Peloponnese network), while railcars and passenger carriages were maintained opposite, at the Carriage Depot.
2019 · The relocation
A new home, after 40 years
After 40 years in operation, the Railway Museum was relocated in 2019 and planning began for the development of the New OSE Railway Museum. The new site opened as the Railway Museum on 28 May 2019.
The collection
Records of a historic journey
The Museum's collection currently comprises 30 representative examples of rolling stock, dating from the 1870s to the 1950s, together with a wide range of other railway material from the traction, track and operations branches.
Listed material of historic value, currently dispersed across the network, is being transferred to the Museum for safekeeping. The incoming material adds to the existing collection and, alongside the development of the New Museum, is to be restored in stages for display.
Getting here
The Museum is easy to reach
Visiting information
The Museum is being redeveloped
The Museum is still being redeveloped and is not open to the public on set opening hours. Organised visits and guided tours are accepted on an exceptional basis, on request.