Shanghai Railway Museum, Shanghai

The Shanghai Railway Museum is for serious Railway enthusiasts. It showcases the 100 year old history of railways in Shanghai and East China. All exhibits are placed on railway tracks or inside railway carriages giving visitors the feeling that they are passengers on a train while at the museum.

The Shanghai Railway Museum is housed in what was once the Shanghai old North Station. It was built by the British in 1901 in the classic style of railway stations in England. The building has four floors where exhibits are displayed. The indoor exhibition hall covers 1000 square meters and the area with outdoor exhibits covers an area of 1300 meters.

Exhibits include two early locomotives including one donated by the United Nations relief and Rehabilitation Fund to help the recovery of the Chinese economy complete with a luxury carriage used by high class officials in the 1940s and another small steam locomotive which ran on a narrow gauge track. It was used in the rugged mountain tracks of the Yunnan province. Other notable objects include models of locomotive and railway vehicles showing the development of railways in China. There are also many interesting railway related old photographs and cultural relics for those interested in the history of Railways in East China.