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The museum opens in summer 2024, but you're welcome to contact us if you have any questions in the meantime.
The Swedish Railway Museum opens for visitors in summer 2024.
71 days, 06 hours, 29 minutes and 57 seconds
After a few years of renovation, the Swedish Railway Museum is happy to announce it reopens in summer 2024.
The museum opens in summer 2024, but you're welcome to contact us if you have any questions in the meantime.
Welcome to the Swedish Railway Museum in Gävle. The railway museum for all of Sweden. The Railway Museum will reopen in the summer of 2024 after being closed for renovation for a number of years.
The Swedish Railway Museum is part of the Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums (SMTM).
This cute little baggage car was built back in 1899.
This bar and buffet carriage, called the Sahlin Carriage, has an exciting history from the days of Dollartåget.
This small passenger carriage, called CF 550, was built back in 1901 as a third-class carriage for the stretch of track known as Nässjö-Oskarshamns Järnväg (NOJ).
The combination first and second class carriage is the oldest in the Swedish Railway Museum’s fleet. It was built back in 1926 for the East Coast Line (Ostkustbanan).
Passenger carriage Co8cs 3200 is a combination second class and buffet carriage. It has compartments and saloons with 54 seats, and a smaller café area at one end with 24 seats.
BC2T 3566 is a couchette carriage, but began its life as a seating carriage in 1944. In the 1960s, couchettes became a popular and cheaper alternative to sleeper carriages.
At one end of our trains there is almost always a large carriage with some funny skylights. This is DFo25b 3096, which was built by SJ as a postal wagon and baggage car in 1935.
DAL 651 is a light shunter that runs fossil-free on Ecopar Bio 100. A light shunter is a type of locomotive that is used for shunting and has a maximum power of 300 hp.
SJ’s first type of motorised locomotive was letter series Z, a very small locomotive manufactured by Bjurström AB Slipmaterial in Västervik.
The diesel-electric locomotive T41 204 was built by NOHAB in 1956 under licence from GM.
T42 205 is a diesel-electric locomotive that was EMD’s demonstrator locomotive for Europe.
T43 is a diesel-electric locomotive, built by NOHAB between 1961 and 1963 under licence from GM.
Electric locomotive D 432 was manufactured in 1936. It was part of a series of 333 locomotives produced by SJ and the private railways Bergslagarnes Järnväg and Dalslands Järnväg between 1925 and 1943.
Electric locomotive Da 820 was produced by several workshops working together in 1953. This locomotive model was ordered by SJ in the 1950s and was part of a series of 93 locomotives, numbered between 790 and 941.
Electric locomotive Da 888 was produced by several workshops working together in 1955. This locomotive model was ordered by SJ in the 1950s and was part of a series of 93 locomotives, numbered between 790 and 941.
SJ was facing increasing competition from passenger car and air travel, and wanted to attempt to reach higher speeds. They therefore partnered with ASEA to develop electric locomotive Ra. Two of these models were built by NOHAB and ASEA in 1955.
When SJ wanted to modernise its electric locomotive fleet, the Rc locomotive was born. It is a bogie locomotive, with thyristor drive and substantial horsepower. These locomotives could be used for both freight and passenger traffic, and offered a slightly higher speed.
This carriage type is still considered by many to be the most comfortable carriage ever built. It was commonly used on main line express trains in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
First class carriage Ao15b 3295 was one of SJ’s most luxurious carriage types in the 1940s and was commonly used in express trains on the main lines. It was originally built for second class by Kalmar Verkstad in 1940 as a riveted steel carriage.
First class carriage Ao15b 4356 is basically the same as carriage 3295, but is 11 years younger. This can be seen in the welded carriage body and the slightly simplified interior compared to carriage 3295.
Freight wagon type G saw the light of day in 1935 and was considered large and spacious at that time.
Z65 is a light shunter that runs fossil-free on Ecopar Bio 100. A light shunter is a type of locomotive that is used for shunting and has a maximum power of 300 hp.
Z67 is a light shunter that runs fossil-free on Ecopar Bio 100. A light shunter is a type of locomotive that is used for shunting and has a maximum power of about 300 hp.
Z67 is a light shunter that runs fossil-free on Ecopar Bio 100. A light shunter is a type of locomotive that is used for shunting and has a maximum power of about 300 hp.
Machine transporter wagon Qbo is a very special wagon designed to transport other railway vehicles. You raise the wagon using a jack with a boom under the wagon and can roll out a bogie at one end.
In the 1930s, SJ ordered a number of inspection draisines from Hilding Carlssons Mekaniska Verkstad in Umeå. Our motorised draisine was called 137 when it was delivered, and it was later given the number it has today, 2907.
The Swedish Railway Museum has three model H wagons in service: Hbis, Hbins, and Hbillns. A common denominator among these is that the entire side of the wagon can be opened via sliding doors. The wagons are used by the Swedish Railway Museum for its own transports.
Kbs is an open wagon with low drop sides and stanchions. The wagon is used by the Swedish Railway Museum for its own transports.
The Oms is an open wagon that can either be loaded with a flat bed or with the drop sides raised. The wagon is used by the Swedish Railway Museum for its own transports.
Res is an open wagon that is longer than the OMS wagon, but has the same function with flat bed, stanchions and drop sides. The wagon is used by the Swedish Railway Museum for its own transports.
If you watch the Swedish Railway Museum’s railbus train, you have a good chance of seeing railbus trailer UBF7Z 2095. As the name implies, it is an engineless trailer that is pulled by one or two railbuses.
Y6 1109 is a railbus built by AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ) in Linköping in 1957.
Y7 1113 is a railbus built by AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ) in Linköping in 1957.
In the mid-1970s, SJ's old Y6–Y8 railcars were wearing out and SJ was looking for new ones.
Restaurant carriage Ro3b 3749 has a kitchen, two dining rooms and 48 seats. Built in 1946 in a series of three by Kalmar Verkstad, it has a welded steel body and was SJ’s first fully electric restaurant carriage.
The carriage interior consists of both compartments and saloons, offering a total of 86 seats. It has undergone very few changes since it was built.
Built in 1930 by Kockums in Malmö, second class carriage Co9b 2798 is a passenger carriage with a riveted steel body. This carriage type of one of SJ’s first major steel carriage series.
Sleeper carriage WL5DE 4639 was built in 1958. As the first of SJ’s then outdated sleeper carriage fleet, it underwent a complete renovation in 1988. With the renovation, it became the first sleeper carriage with showers and toilets in the compartments.
Steam locomotive B 1316 was built by Motala Verkstad in 1917 and was part of a series of 96 locomotives.
Steam locomotive B 1429 was built by Motala Verkstad in 1919 and was part of a series of 96 locomotives that SJ purchased over the years.
The Swedish private railways developed completely different models of locomotives than SJ. Bergslagarnes Järnvägar (BJ) from Falun to Gothenburg was the largest company, and their locomotive model A/C/C3 from 1901 was a fast train engine for light and fast trains.
The E10 1746 is quite modern for a steam locomotive, and was built for heavy freight trains on tracks with low axle load.
Steam locomotive Ka 692 was built back in 1901 at Vagn & Maskinfabriken in Falun. It was the first locomotive the factory built.
Steam locomotive N 576 was manufactured at Motala Verkstad in 1900. SJ was in need of new and stronger shunter locomotives and purchased eight of the N-series.
Steam locomotive S1 1923 is the newest steam locomotive in the Swedish Railway Museum’s collection. After World War II, there was a need for stronger traction, but diesel locomotives were not advanced enough to replace steam locomotives. The last order of steam locomotives placed by SJ was of model S1.
In the early 20th century, Stockholm was growing rapidly and many of the city’s inhabitants were moving out to suburbs outside the city. Most of these suburbs have a railway or tram station. To enable people to travel smoothly between their homes and the city centre, special local train services were introduced.
In the days of steam locomotives, passenger trains were heated with steam and the light typically came from generators and batteries under the carriages.
In the past, it was common for railway maintenance personnel to use small motorised trolleys to transport personnel and materials on the track.
In many trains, you can see a covered goods wagon called Ge 47133. It was very common in freight trains in Sweden up to the 1980s.
Uaai is a six-axle special wagon for transporting bulky and heavy objects. The wagon is used by the Swedish Railway Museum for its own transports.