National Railways Museum finds new home in Piraeus Port of Athens

The National Railways Museum will now be housed in the historic building known as the Rotonda at the old railway depot in Pireaus, according to ANA.

The National Railways Museum was established and operated from end the of 1980 in a venue at Sokou Street in Athens. From now on the public will be able to visit the Museum in Piraeus, in an area that hosts antique carriages, rare archival material, uniforms and photographs from the railway workers’ life, clocks, telegraphs and telephones along with timetables and old mechanical parts used by the historic steam engines.

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