China Railway Museum

China Railway Museum

Established	2002
Location	Beijing, PRC
Coordinates	39°59′47″N 116°30′37″E / 39.9963°N 116.5103°E / 39.9963; 116.5103Coordinates: 39°59′47″N 116°30′37″E / 39.9963°N 116.5103°E / 39.9963; 116.5103

Inside the museum

The China Railway Museum (simplified Chinese: 中国铁道博物馆; traditional Chinese: 中國鐵道博物館; pinyin: Zhōngguó Tiědào Bówùguǎn) is a Chinese museum preserving locomotives built in the People's Republic of China since 1949. The museum offers a total exhibition space of 16500m² and 8 exhibition tracks.

The museum is located in Chaoyang District of Beijing City, some 15 km northeast of downtown Beijing, inside the circular test track that is part of the China National Railway Test Centre. It also has a branch in downtown Beijing, in the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station near Tian'anmen Square.

Downtown branch

Zhengyangmen East Railway Station, now a branch of the museum

In 2008, the Beijing Railway Museum (Chinese: 北京铁路博物馆; pinyin: Běijīng Tiělù Bówùguǎn) was opened in 2008 in the former Zhengyangmen East Railway Station of the Jingfeng Railway (Chinese: 京奉铁路正阳门东车站; pinyin: Jīngfèng Tiělù Zhèngyáng Mén Dōng Chēzhàn), just southeast of the Tian'anmen Square. In October 2010, Beijing Railway Museum was renamed to the Zhengyangmen Branch (正阳门馆) of the China Railway Museum.

Notable buildings and structures in Beijing from the modern era

Ten Great Buildings	Beijing Railway Station Cultural Palace of Nationalities Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Great Hall of the People Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution Minzu Hotel National Museum of China Workers Stadium

Olympic Green	Beijing National Stadium Beijing National Aquatics Center Beijing National Indoor Stadium China National Convention Center Digital Beijing Building National Tennis Center Olympic Park Observation Tower

Tiananmen Square	Mausoleum of Mao Zedong Monument to the People's Heroes National Centre for the Performing Arts

Museums	Beijing Planetarium Capital Museum China Aviation Museum China Railway Museum China Science and Technology Museum Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression National Art Museum of China

Transportation	Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing South Railway Station Beijing West Railway Station

CBD	Beijing TV Centre Beijing Yintai Centre CCTV Headquarters CCTV Tower The China World Trade Center Fortune Plaza Jing Guang Centre

Other government buildings	Beijing Etown National Library of China Workers Indoor Arena

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China Railway Museum

Downtown branch

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