Railway Museum
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The Eleftheria-Cordelia (a suburb of the Greek city of Thessaloniki) is worth visiting the small but very interesting Railway Museum. It is located in a renovated old military station on the street Nea Monastir.

The station was built in the late 19th century (1891-1894.) When Thessaloniki were still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Designed station known Italian architect Piero Arigoni. For a long time the station was actively used, but eventually lost its strategic importance and the end of the 1970s was abandoned and gradually fell into disrepair. Over the years, the Greek Railways Organization has transferred to the jurisdiction of the abandoned station, "the Society of the railways' specifically to create the museum here. In 2001, after a series of large-scale restoration works Railway Museum finally opened its doors to visitors.

The room in which once housed the personal office of the chief station, now you can see a map of all the railways of Greece, the shape of the railwaymen, personal items, special tools, technical manuals with detailed information about all the old steam and diesel engines, various documents, photos, old tickets, and more. The exhibition also presents the Railway Museum and the furniture of the special carriages used by members of the Greek royal family.

In the courtyard of the Railway Museum is the main pride of the museum - the restaurant car of the famous luxury passenger train "Orient Express" (the first Orient Express shuttled between Paris and Istanbul since 1883).

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