The Railway Museum in the former Maliebaanstation on the Oosterspoorweg in Utrecht. Originally this 1874 building was an official railway station. This station was closed in 1939, and in 1954 it opened the Railroad Museum, which, back the, was still officially called Dutch Railroad Museum. The museum contains a large collection of locomotives and traincarrages, and other historical railroad equipment. Despite the fact that the Maliebaan station no longer exists, the Railway Museum can be reached during opening hours with the Museumtrain. At the Maliebaan stop, the visitor is dropped smack in the middle of the museum.
The Maliebaanstation is a national monument.
The title of this work was derived from the fact that a train station in the 19th century was also called the gateway to the world. This work is performed in black and white as part of the Modern History series.
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