The Modern Transportation Museum (交通科学博物館, Kōtsū Kagaku Hakubutsukan) was the corporate museum operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened on 21 January 1962, next to Bentencho Station on the Osaka Loop Line.[1] The collection included steam locomotives, electric locomotives, diesel locomotives, a prototype of a magnetic levitation train, and the original engine of a Messerschmitt Me 163.
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  Location within Japan | |
| Established | 21 January 1962 |
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| Dissolved | 6 April 2014 |
| Location | Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Type | Railway museum |
| Public transit access | Bentencho Station |
| Website | www |
The museum was closed on 6 April 2014, and the exhibits were moved to what eventually became the Kyoto Railway Museum in 2016.[1]
See also edit
- Railway Museum (JR East counterpart in Saitama, Saitama)
- SCMaglev and Railway Park (JR Central counterpart in Nagoya)
References edit
- ^ a b 大阪の交通科学博物館、2014年4月6日に閉館…京都の新鉄道博物館に移行 [Modern Transportation Museum to close 6 April 2014 - Moving to new railway museum in Kyoto]. Yahoo News (in Japanese). Japan: Yahoo Japan Corporation. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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