Railway Heritage Centre, Tiruchirappalli


The Railway Heritage Centre is a railway museum–cum–heritage centre for rail exhibits at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Overview

The museum was set up with initial funding of in order to preserve old artifacts and photographs, rare documents and equipment for posterity. In addition, it also provides interesting historic developments of South Indian Railway Company and its timeline. In early 2013, the construction of the museum began at an area of, adjacent to the Rail Kalyana Manadapam, near Tiruchirappalli Junction, and was formally inaugurated on 18 February 2014 at a final cost of .

Exhibits

The museum which is a part of erstwhile South Indian Railway’s sesquicentennial celebrations, and has both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Some of the indoor exhibits include old documents and digital archives and epoch artefacts. The outdoor exhibits include a couple of vintage locomotive engines and a functional toy train.

Recreation

There are toy trains for the children, shady alcoves as well as local eateries.