Electric Railway Museum, Piraeus

The Electrical Railway Museum is a small museum in Greece that showcases exhibits about the electric railways of the country. It also has a souvenir shop for visitors to purchase memorabilia. The museum is open on Sundays and the staff are knowledgeable about the trains in Greece and how they obtained their parts. Only two floors are currently accessible to visitors, but it takes approximately thirty minutes to tour these areas. Photography inside the museum is not allowed, while the staff members are friendly towards guests.

We have a thing for train museums. We’ve been to a bunch, including the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Lancaster County and The Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History outside of Marietta, Georgia. So when we found out there was an electric railway museum in Piraeus, we knew we had to visit. It’s located just inside the Piraeus Metro Station and is free to visit. There are a few floors of exhibits with photographs, books, old uniforms, and other memorabilia. There is even a restored wooden carriage. The museum was established in 2005, but items on display date back as far as 1869. When you arrive, make sure to grab an English brochure, as all of the exhibits are in Greek only. Also, note that photos are not allowed inside.

The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus (Greek: Μουσείο Ηλεκτρικών Σιδηροδρόμων) is a railway museum in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The museum was established in 2005 in the space of the former Post Office in Piraeus railway station. The museum displays a collection of small size items, photographs and documents related to the history of Athens-Piraeus Railway, Hellenic Electric Railways (EIS), Piraeus-Perama light railway, Piraeus Harbour tramway, Electric Transport Company (IEM) and Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP). The museum also owns a collection of approximately 2000 small and medium size items and 3000 books, leaflets and other documents, currently in storage.

Established in 2005, the Electric Railways Museum is located inside the Piraeus metro station and houses over 2,000 exhibits and 3,000 books, all covering the history of the electric railway in Greece. The museum was created after railway employees began gathering old uniforms, photographs, books, and newspaper articles about the railway dating from 1869. The owner of the company then added to the collection by donating old train cars, auxiliary carriages, iron rails and railway traffic control equipment – and a museum was born!

Tucked inside the Piraeus station, this museum is a trove of old switches, nifty models and cool machinery, including a gleaming old wooden train car. It's a passion project of a former railway employee, and he and the other staff are full of interesting facts. ***PH***