Hungarian Railway Museum, Railway museum in Budapest, Hungary
The Hungarian Railway Museum occupies the former Budapest North Depot, a 70,000-square-metre site with a 34-bay roundhouse and turntable. Its collection numbers over one hundred railway vehicles, from 1870s locomotives to the Árpád railcar of 1934 and a teak dining car built for the Orient Express in 1912. A small steep-roofed building on the grounds bears the sign "UTASSELLÁTÓ KÁVÉHÁZ".
The museum was established in 2000 at the site of a former railway depot where Hungarian State Railways maintained and repaired trains. It gathers and preserves vehicles that show how Hungarian rail transport developed from the early 20th century onward.
The park's name in Hungarian, Magyar Vasúttörténeti Park, is shortened by locals to "Füsti Park", after the steam (füst) of the locomotives. Since 2001 it has hosted a steam locomotive "Grand Prix", joined since 2005 by an international dining-car meeting. Working engines still haul nostalgia trains in Hungary and abroad.
The grounds are easy to walk and offer several vantage points from which to view the trains and vehicles from different angles. It helps to wear comfortable shoes and allow time to explore each section, since the collection is spread across a large area.
The collection includes a rare Soviet luxury car that was later modified to run on railway tracks for transporting high-ranking government officials. This unusual vehicle shows creative adaptation of technology for special purposes.
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