Istanbul Railway Museum

The Istanbul Railway Museum (Turkish: ?stanbul Demiryolu Müzesi) is a railway museum situated within the historical ?stanbul Sirkeci Terminal at Sirkeci neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. Opened on September 23, 2005, the museum is owned and operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD).In the museum, which is housed in the 1888-built and 1890-opened railway terminal, around 300 historical items are on display. The exhibits of the museum covering an area of 145 m2 (1,560 sq ft) are parts of the trains and the railway stations, photographs as well as related documents. A few to name are: furniture and silver services used in dining cars, station office euipment, driver cab of an electric suburban train, manufacturer plates of some historic TCDD rolling stock, warning plates, station’s clock and bell.It was reported that 52,774 people among them 31,153 foreign tourists, visited the museum in 2006.