Tobu Museum

Tobu Museum
東武博物館
	1720 series "DRC" car outside the museum
	Location within Japan
Established	May 1989
Location	Sumida, Tokyo Japan
Coordinates	35°43′24″N 139°49′09″E / 35.723456°N 139.819037°E
Type	Railway museum
Public transit access	Higashi-Mukōjima Station
Website	www.tobu.co.jp/museum

The Tobu Museum (東武博物館, Tōbu Hakubutsukan) is a railway museum in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It opened in May 1989, and is operated by Tobu Railway.^[1]

The museum was closed from January 2009 until June 2009 for refurbishment.^[2] It reopened on 22 July 2009.

Exhibits

The following full-size vehicles are on display.

B1 class steam locomotive – No. 5 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock & Company)^[3]
B1 class steam locomotive – No. 6 (built 1898 by Beyer, Peacock & Company)^[3]
ED101 class electric locomotive – No. 101 (later ED4000 class No. ED4001, built 1930, moved to museum from Ohmi Railway in January 2009)^[1]
ED5010 class electric locomotive - No. ED5015 (built 1959)^[3]
Class DeHa1 electric railcar – No. DeHa5 (built 1924)^[3]
1720 series "DRC" electric multiple unit car – cab section only (built 1960)^[3]
5700 series electric multiple unit car – No. MoHa5701 (built 1951, moved to museum in January 2009)^[1]
Nikkō Tramway 200 series tramcar - No. 203 (built 1954)^[3]

The collection includes a reproduction of a station office Including automatic ticket gates outside with see-through covering, ticket vending machines, interlocking board, telephone and railroad exhibits. A season ticket issuing machine and "celebrate admission pass" is issued free of charge.

The museum also owns the 6-car Tobu 8000 series EMU set 8111, which was repainted into its original "royal beige" and "international orange" livery for a series of special event runs on Tobu Lines.^[4]

Access

The museum is located underneath Higashi-Mukōjima Station on the Tobu Skytree Line. Visitors can view trains passing at close range from windows underneath the platform.

Address

4-28-16 Higashi-mukōjima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine March 2009 issue
^ 全国鉄道博物館ガイド (Nationwide Railway Museum Guide), published with October 2008 issue of Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tobu Museum exhibit guide Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 11 March 2009 (in Japanese)
^ 東武8000系8111編成が試運転 [Tobu 8000 series set 8111 test run]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[dj299-1] Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine March 2009 issue

[guide2008-2] 全国鉄道博物館ガイド (Nationwide Railway Museum Guide), published with October 2008 issue of Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō magazine

[exhibitguide-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Tobu Museum exhibit guide Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 11 March 2009 (in Japanese)

[4] 東武8000系8111編成が試運転 [Tobu 8000 series set 8111 test run]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

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