Hamasen museum of Taiwan railway, Railway museum in Pier-2 Art Center, Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hamasen Museum displays Taiwan's railway systems through detailed miniature scenes and working train models spread across a spacious exhibition area. The collection shows passenger trains, cargo vehicles, and the track networks that once served mining, forestry, and agricultural operations across the island.
The building served as an active railway station until closure in 2008. A local cultural group converted it into a museum in 2010 to preserve Taiwan's railway heritage and document how trains transformed the island's economy.
The exhibits show how railways shaped daily life in Taiwan and connected communities through their networks. You can see the role these lines played in moving goods from sugar plantations, salt works, and forests to markets across the island.
The museum occupies two warehouse spaces within Pier-2 Art Center and sits within walking distance of Hamasen MRT station. Plan extra time to see all the moving train demonstrations and to follow the different route layouts shown in the displays.
Over 200 miniature scenes feature working train models that move through carefully built landscapes, bringing rail history to life. Watching these dioramas operate gives visitors a tangible sense of how different rail networks once connected Taiwan's remote areas to its commercial centers.
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