Modern Transportation Museum

Local name交通科学博物館
LocationOsaka, Japan

The Modern Transportation Museum was the corporate museum operated by West Japan Railway Company in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan. It opened on 21 January 1962, next to Bentencho Station on the Osaka Loop Line. The collection included steam locomotives, electric locomotives, diesel locomotives, a prototype of a magnetic levitation train, and the original engine of a Messerschmitt Me 163.

The museum was closed on 6 April 2014, and the exhibits were moved to a new railway museum which opened next to the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Kyoto in 2016.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Transportation_Museum

Official Website http://www.mtm.or.jp/eng/

Official Osaka Tourist Guide http://www.osaka-info.jp/en/search/detail/sightseeing_547.html

Phone +816 6581 5771

Address Osaka, Japan

Coordinates 34°40'12.033" N 135°27'44.526" E

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