Tobu Museum

The Tobu Museum (東武博物館, Tōbu Hakubutsukan) is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway.[1]

Tobu Museum
東武博物館
1720 series "DRC" car outside the museum
Location within Japan
EstablishedMay 1989
LocationSumida, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates35.723456°N 139.819037°E / 35.723456; 139.819037
TypeRailway museum
Public transit accessHigashi-Mukōjima Station
Websitewww.tobu.co.jp/museum

The museum was closed from January 2009 until June 2009 for refurbishment.[2] It reopened on 22 July 2009.

Exhibits

The following full-size vehicles are on display.

  • B1 class steam locomotive – No. 5 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock and Company)[3]
  • B1 class steam locomotive – No. 6 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock and Company)[3]
  • ED101 class electric locomotive – No. 101 (later ED4000 class No. ED4001, built 1930, moved to museum from Ohmi Railway in January 2009)[1]
  • ED5010 class electric locomotive - No. ED5015 (built 1959)[3]
  • Class DeHa1 electric railcar – No. DeHa5 (built 1924)[3]
  • 1720 series "DRC" electric multiple unit car – cab section only (built 1960)[3]
  • 5700 series electric multiple unit car – No. MoHa5701 (built 1951, moved to museum in January 2009)[1]
  • Nikkō Tramway 200 series tramcar - No. 203 (built 1954)[3]

The collection includes a reproduction of a station office Including automatic ticket gates outside with see-through covering, ticket vending machines, interlocking board, telephone and railroad exhibits. A season ticket issuing machine and "celebrate admission pass" is issued free of charge.

The museum also owns the 6-car Tobu 8000 series EMU set 8111, which was repainted into its original "royal beige" and "international orange" livery for a series of special event runs on Tobu Lines.[4]

Access

The museum is located underneath Higashi-Mukōjima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line. Visitors can view trains passing at close range from windows underneath the platform.

Address

4-28-16 Higashi-mukōjima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

References
  1. Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine March 2009 issue
  2. 全国鉄道博物館ガイド (Nationwide Railway Museum Guide), published with October 2008 issue of Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine
  3. Tobu Museum exhibit guide Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 11 March 2009 (in Japanese)
  4. 東武8000系8111編成が試運転 [Tobu 8000 series set 8111 test run]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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