Museums of railway equipment in Russia. Museum of Russian Railways on Paveletskaya

The Museum of Railway Transport in Moscow includes a historical part (located at 2 Kozhevnicheskaya St.) and a technical part - a site for natural samples of railway equipment, located at the Rizhsky Station.

The total area of ​​the open-air museum of railway technology is about 1.5 hectares.

Exposition of the Russian Railways Museum at Rizhsky Station

Visitors can see everything related to railway technology. The museum's collection includes more than 70 different exhibits, consisting of trains, carriages and other railway equipment from different times. Some exhibits are included in the Russian gold fund and have special awards.

Guests of the open-air exhibition are invited to look not only at examples of modern technology, but also historical exhibits, and the exhibition is not limited to Russian-made trains. Numerous steam locomotives, electric locomotives, carriages of various types and special railway equipment are presented here, and even a locomotive hydraulic pump of the 1936 model is designed to supply steam locomotives with water along the route.

The main goal of the museum is not only to demonstrate various unique equipment, but also to preserve the spirit of the unique world of the railway for future generations. Each exhibit of this unusual museum, among other things, is an example of engineering thought. The rare historical transport is here on a well-deserved rest after restoration work, which is often carried out with the help of the museum’s employees, allowing us to achieve maximum historical authenticity.

At the moment, the railway museum displays 71 exhibits: these are steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, saloon cars, ambulance cars, a heated train, special railway equipment, etc.

Here you can see unique tank cars and ambulance cars, as well as a kitchen car and a saloon car, intended for VIPs of both the pre-revolutionary and Soviet eras.

Exhibits of the exposition are constantly used by film companies for filming feature films and documentaries (for example, you could see some exhibits in the films “Alexandrovsky Garden”, “Admiral” and others).

The Russian Railways Museum at the Riga Station also tells about the history of the railway and how railway technology has evolved from its origins to the present. It will be interesting to look into the small locomotive. It is available to all visitors. You can twist levers, pull handles, press buttons. In a word, the museum is very interesting for both adults and children and will leave only positive emotions.

Museum opening hours

The “full-scale sample site” at the Moscow-Rizhskaya station is open all year round from Wednesday to Sunday. Opening hours: from 10:00 to 16:00. Please note: Monday and Tuesday are always days off, and historical trains can only be seen behind a fence.

Prices in the museum at Rizhsky Station

An entrance ticket to the railway museum at Rizhsky Station costs from 60 to 300 rubles, depending on the category:

• The cost of a full ticket (for adults) is 150 rubles;
• Discount ticket (children over 7 years old, students, pensioners) - 100 rubles;
• Preschool ticket (children 3-7 years old) - 60 rubles;
• The uniform price for foreign citizens is 300 rubles.

You can also purchase a tour of the museum (maximum number of people in a group is 20). The excursion is paid separately, on top of the cost of entrance tickets.

Tour cost:

• for citizens of the Russian Federation - 1500 rubles;
• for foreign citizens (in English) - 3600 rubles.

How to get to the Moscow Railway Museum

The open area of ​​the Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky Station is distinguished by simple and clear transport accessibility. A universal option is the metro: go to the Rizhskaya station of the same name, then go to the station building and turn right from there to the next building. There will be a museum sign in front of the fenced area.

Other options: buses and trolleybuses often go to the Rizhsky Station stop; there are flights from different parts of the city.

Do not forget that Rizhsky Station is mainly a suburban station, and there are trains from nearby settlements, most of which are part of the administrative districts of Moscow.

To order a car, you can use the applications of local taxi services: for example, Gett or Yandex. Taxi.

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The territory of the Russian Railways Museum on Rizhskaya - Google Maps panorama

Dear visitors! The museum is closed on August 14, November 4, 13 and 20. Also, July 31, August 31, September 29, October 31 and November 30 are sanitary days at the museum.

For technical reasons, the ticket office in the museum and production complex "Locomotive Depot" at the Podmoskovnaya station is not open from July 18 to July 31. You can purchase tickets to the exhibition at the address st. Kozhevnicheskaya, 2 or pl. Rizhsky Station, 1.

The division for the preservation of historical heritage of the Moscow Center for Scientific and Technical Information and Libraries is located in two territories and is represented by historical and technical sections.

The exhibition has been open since August 5, 2011, covers an area of ​​about 1800 m², and is located in a building with an adjacent park area of ​​1.5 hectares. The central exhibit is the U127 series steam locomotive. Installed in the museum building, the locomotive was built in 1910. The exhibit is unique, the only steam locomotive of this series preserved in Russia and the world with the axle formula 2-3-0.

On January 23, 1924, the steam locomotive U127 carried the funeral train with the body of the deceased Lenin from the Gerasimovskaya platform to the Paveletsky station in Moscow. In 1937, after decommissioning, it was decided to preserve it as a monument. So it became the first memorial locomotive.

In 1999, the steam locomotive U127 received the certificate “Monument of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation” for No. 350.

The exhibits clearly represent the past of the capital's highway in documents, unique drawings according to which the road was built, uniforms of transport workers of different times, working tools, and railway awards.

In the windows you can see exhibits telling about the present day of the capital's highway. Models of the RA-2 rail bus and the Sputnik high-speed train are presented. The history of the creation of intermodal lines connecting the Belorussky, Paveletsky, Kyiv stations with Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo airports, respectively, can be seen in the existing models. The development of high-speed traffic is represented by the operating model of the Sapsan high-speed train, which connected the cities of St. Petersburg, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.

The artistic design of the exhibition was built taking into account modern museum technologies, with an emphasis on the use of interactive solutions, installations, static models and working layouts. The halls feature: an installation of a 1st class compartment from Nicholas times, the station master's office, the development of suburban traffic over time, where each passenger compartment corresponds to the style of its unique era.

Film sketches flash in the windows of the carriages, and in the windows there are screens with fragments of archival footage. This helps to focus not only on visual perception, but also involves a thoughtful study of the presented authentic historical documents.

The idea of ​​displaying exhibits allows us to make a tour of the exhibition more lively, interesting and accessible to all age groups of visitors. The exhibition hosts scientific and practical conferences, round tables, and business meetings.

We visited this museum on April 21, 2012.
Let me start by saying that my son (3.5 years old) is a train fan. In all kinds. Therefore, you understand that we were all looking forward to this event. I’ll say right away that we really liked it.
So, in order. A trip to this museum can consist of three parts:
1) the actual visit to the museum (it is open air, the ticket costs mere pennies)
2) trips on an ancient steam locomotive to the Krasny Baltiets station and back with a visit to the ancient depot
3) and a visit to the exhibition complex next to the entrance to the museum at the Rizhsky railway station (there are model trains and, according to rumors, a working model of the railway).
All this takes time from approximately 12.00 to 16.00. We were there on Saturday. The first and third event can be attended by paying for it on the spot, but the locomotive ride must be paid for in advance either at the office of the Retrotrain company that organizes it (this is an office not related to Russian Railways), or at the Millennium Bank terminals.
The whole event - ONLY POSITIVE EMOTIONS: cool trains, a good guide, the child was not bored - when he got tired of listening, he climbed on the trains. My husband listened with his mouth open and forgetting about his fatherly responsibilities. The train ride is also very impressive. Overall, we are delighted.

By the way, there were almost more children our age than adults. And the weather did not disappoint - it was neither cold nor hot - April is the best time to attend such events. In the summer heat, walking for 2 hours is unbearable.

True, my child said that he will still go to the museum, but he will NEVER ride a steam locomotive, because the locomotive makes a very loud noise. This is true. It hums so much that it blocks your ears, and it is much louder than an ordinary train. But it's fun. Still small. In a couple of years it will be requested.

What I didn't like:
1) There were some oddities with paying for tickets for the Retro Train (700 rubles per adult, 500 rubles per child, children under 7 years old are free). I paid 3 days before the trip at the Millennium Bank terminal - I checked in advance with the office that they still had free seats, then I called the office to check whether the payment had been received (the terminal indicates the last name and contact phone number) - they confirmed that everything had been received, come. Moreover, they write on the website that a contact phone number is needed in order to call and warn if something is cancelled. Imagine my surprise when, upon arriving at the Rizhsky station, I received a warning from a nice girl that we were not on the list and we might not get on the train today. Then we will be offered to come next time. Of course, we got on the train. They made their faces with bricks. But there were nerves. It became scary to think how I would explain this to a small child who had been waiting for a trip for a week... I immediately remembered the scoop. In general, I advise you to pay for this trip directly at the Retropezd office - it will be more accurate. And then check a couple of times if everything is okay. Otherwise, I saw the face of the boy who, together with his mother, did not get on this train. He was about 13 years old and he was roaring.
2) The exhibition complex opposite was closed for technical reasons - we were not able to see the model railway.

Hopefully we will get to this exhibition complex in the near future and take a look at the museum again.
It's done! On July 1, 2012, we finally reached the exhibition complex. It consists of one large room, where a huge working model of the railway is presented and some exhibitions along the walls of the room (model trains, driver's simulator cabin, etc.). The child was delighted - he ran around the model following the moving trains... for about forty minutes... In general, it’s just the thing for boys.

Usually people come here to look at the steam locomotives displayed at a dead end on the rails. A 19th-century locomotive and first-class carriage, steam locomotives from the 1920s to 1950s, a Soviet green electric train with doors that still opened manually, and a functioning crossing all attract boys, girls, and their dads and moms. You can climb all the exhibits, and no one will scold you for it. True, you can’t go into the cars, but the driver’s cabin (then it was called a “booth”) is often open to those who want to take a fireman’s selfie. Officially, this paradise for lovers of steam locomotives is called the “Site of full-scale samples of the Museum of the History of the Moscow Railway.” Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00.

In the same building of the Rizhsky Station, only on the opposite side (Rizhskaya Square, building 3) is the dream of an important caste of railway lovers - railway modellers. A huge model of Russian railways is located at the Exhibition Complex of JSC Russian Railways. You can spend hours watching a fast train travel from Moscow to the Far East. Or how a marshalling yard works. Here you can find Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana, Ladozhsky Station in St. Petersburg, the longest 15-kilometer railway tunnel in Russia, a bridge over the Amur in Khabarovsk, a seaport, and an airport. And trains with cargo and passengers come from everywhere. And if the caretakers allow, you can press buttons to control the layout and feel like the creator of this scaled universe. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00.

Rizhsky railway station

100 rubles for adults, 50 for children

Once upon a time, this “Museum of Railway Transport of the Moscow Railway” was called “Funeral Train of V.I. Lenin” and Soviet schoolchildren were taken here on excursions without fail. Indeed, the main exhibit of the museum is the steam locomotive that once delivered the body of the deceased leader of the revolution to Moscow to bid farewell to the people. A few years after Ilyich was placed in the mausoleum, they decided to honor the locomotive with the same honor. The locomotive was driven to a dead end at the Paveletsky station and something like a sarcophagus was built over it. In terms of its interior decoration with red marble, it is very reminiscent of the mausoleum on Red Square.

In the 1990s, the museum ceased to be popular, but several years ago the exhibition was updated, focusing on the history of the Moscow Railway from its creation to the present day. Here you can find a pre-revolutionary first-class compartment, the station master's office, and Soviet workers laying sleepers. But the handsome locomotive remained in the center of the hall, scrubbed and polished to a shine. It is mostly quiet and tours are by reservation only. Only when the Steam Locomotive toy library moves into this building does the museum become filled with children and amazed parents, who in their school years no longer attended the obligatory excursions to Ilyich’s Last Train.

Paveletsky railway station

150 rubles - adult, 100 rubles - children

There is no need to go out of town. The “Podmoskovnaya” station, also known as “Krasny Baltiets”, is not at all in the Moscow region and not in the Baltics, but almost in the center of Moscow - you can get there from the “Sokol” or “Dynamo” metro stations. Or by train from the Rizhsky station, before the opening of which the Podmoskovnaya station was the main passenger and freight station on the way to the Baltic region. Therefore, a large locomotive depot, a water tower and a station building have been preserved here. All this was restored, and it turned out to be a very atmospheric museum complex. Here you can imagine yourself as a passenger of the 19th century: go to the station master’s house (at that time the official was required to live directly at his workplace), visit the station cafe, waiting room, or hand over things to the storage room. On the territory of the museum there are steam locomotives from the very first model, barely reaching a person’s waist, to giant locomotives of the 1950s, which you have to look up to respectfully. Retro trains on the move could be seen here last year at the parade of steam locomotives in honor of Railwayman's Day.

The depot area is not only a museum. Work on the repair and restoration of steam locomotives is constantly underway here. Therefore, if you are lucky, you can see how a real locomotive crew lives and works. For example, how a real fireman can cook scrambled eggs right on a shovel in the firebox of a steam locomotive. You can also find out that for a real locomotive master, “Close the siphon and the vent” is not just a curse word, but a railway sign and an important safety warning for drivers. In the century before last, more than one station burned down because ash from the locomotive's furnace got onto the wooden flooring.

Station "Podmoskovnaya"

from Wednesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 17:00

Children's railways appeared in the USSR in the 1930s and have not lost popularity since then. Near Moscow, such a road appeared in the village of Kratovo. Both our grandparents and parents, and we, as children, went to ride on the railway with small tracks, mini-cars and locomotives driven by children. And our children can enjoy it too. And at the same time see what electric trains looked like in the recent past: the cars inside resemble express trains to distant stations of the 1980s - with tables and curtains on the windows.

But the children's railway is not just an attraction, not a game career guidance like KidZania or Masterslavl, and not a summer pioneer camp. This is real preparation for a future profession, with diplomas and certification. And the entertainment opportunity for visitors is, so to speak, a side effect of the industrial practice. Training lasts from autumn to summer, students from 5th to 11th grades are accepted. So future drivers, railway workers, conductors and conductors will treat passengers in a business-like manner and without coddling.

There is no museum attached to the Children's Railway, but during its opening hours you can go to the training complex, where kind watchmen will show you several train models.