Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum

The Nagoya City Tram & Subway Museum (Retoro densha-kan, レトロでんしゃ館) is located in Nisshin, Aichi, Japan. It is owned and operated by the Transportation Bureau of the City of Nagoya.

The museum houses a collection of Nagoya's old subway trains and trams. The museum visitors can experience driving Nagoya's present-day subway trains and older models of streetcars using PlayStation-style computer simulator. Model train displays and staff uniforms and caps complement the exhibit. Outside the museum is a giant tunneling shield excavator, which was used to dig Nagoya's subway tunnels.

Access by public transport is Akaike Station on the Tsurumai Line.

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Coordinates: 35°11′11.95″N 136°59′08.14″E / 35.1866528°N 136.9855944°E / 35.1866528; 136.9855944

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