Bochum Railway Museum

The Railway Museum Bochum is a railway museum in the southwest of Bochum, in 1977 on the site of the built from 1916 to 1918 and 1969 disused railway operations in Dahlhausen by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Eisenbahngeschichte e. V. was founded and since 2011 operated by the Foundation Railway Museum Bochum. With an area of ​​approximately 46,000 m², it is the largest private railway museum in Germany.

a new ore railway along Dr.C.Otto Straße is now passable, ends at Dahlhausen station, from there connection to the Springorum cycle path Bochum

The Railway Museum Bochum celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Since 1977 locomotives and special wagons of railway history have been collected in the former railway depot Dahlhausen, rebuilt museum or even put back into a working condition. Some of the exhibits are ready to go and regularly start with theme trips for many enthusiastic passengers.
Numerous rides on rail buses, steam and diesel locomotives as well as our museum train invite you to exciting themed rides. These trips to still active coal mines and steelworks provide a glimpse into the history and present of heavy industry in the Ruhrgebiet.
Source: eisenbahnmuseum-bochum.de