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SCMaglev and Railway Park

SCMaglev and Railway Park
リニア・鉄道館 ~夢と想い出のミュージアム~
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The museum exterior in December 2014
SCMaglev and Railway Park is located in Japan
SCMaglev and Railway Park
Location within Japan
Established 14 March 2011
Location Nagoya, Japan
Coordinates 35°02′50″N 136°50′58″E / 35.04735°N 136.849319°E / 35.04735; 136.849319
Type Railway museum
Public transit access Kinjō-futō Station
Website museum.jr-central.co.jp

The SCMaglev and Railway Park (リニア・鉄道館 ~夢と想い出のミュージアム~ Rinia Tetsudōkan: Yume to Omoide no Myūjiamu?) is a railway museum owned by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Nagoya, Japan. The museum opened on 14 March 2011.

The museum features 39 full-size railway vehicles and one bus exhibit, train cab simulators, and railway model dioramas.

The following full-size vehicles are on display.

Construction work started in August 2009, with the first exhibits moved in from July 2010. The museum opened on 14 March 2011.

On 29 January 2012, a small ceremony was held to mark the one millionth visitor to the museum.


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