Museum of History and Technology of the Southern Railway

Live guide: English, Russian, Ukrainian

Duration: 3 hours

Private tour by car or minibus

Dates: Wednesday – Sunday upon request, closed on Mondays and Tuesdays

Discover the unique open-air exhibition of locomotives, passenger cars, freight wagons and railway equipment at the Museum of History and Technology of the Southern Railway in Kharkiv. Learn the history of the development of Southern railway from the end of the 19^th century until the present days.

During this tour, you will:

Explore the exhibition halls and open-air territory of the museum dedicated to the history of the Southern railway in Kharkiv
Examine the valuable collection of machines, including the Felix Dzerzhinsky locomotive
Learn the history of the crash of the imperial train in 1888 and see documentary photos
Discover detailed models of the railway tracks and railroad equipment of B. Fedorov
See amusing statues of a railway pointer, a passenger and a station duty officer

Museum of History and Technology of the Southern Railway (price in Euro per group)

Car (up to 3 seats) – € 80
Minibus (up to 7 seats) – € 130
Minibus (up to 16 seats) – € 160

Included highlights:

professional guide service
transportation services along the route
pick up service from the hotel

Exclusions:

entrance tickets
gratuities (optional)

Good to know:

the museum is not operating on Mondays and Tuesdays

We invite you to visit an interesting museum dedicated to the history of the Southern Railway and learn the most interesting facts from an expert guide. Museum of History and Technology of the Southern Railway is located not far from the Kharkiv Railway Station, and your driver will take you there from your hotel.

The unique collection of the museum is located both in the exhibition halls and on the open-air grounds. You will be surprised to see a great number of locomotives, passenger cars, railroad technique and freight wagons, displayed in the museum. The highlight of the exhibition is a Felix Dzerzhinsky mainline freight steam-engine locomotive that was being produced in the USSR from 1931 until 1941.

You’ll be able get inside of the salons of some passenger cars and explore their interior finishing. Moreover, your guide will show you three interesting statues – a railway pointer, a passenger and a station duty officer, made especially for this museum.

When you visit the indoor exhibition halls, you will discover an amazing display of the models of railway machines and track, created by a talented collector and modeler B. Fedorov. It includes the layout of the railway station, small copies of the carriages, semaphores and rail crossings.

In addition, you will see the display of the pictures portraying the crash of the imperial train of the Alexander III and his family in 1888 and learn the history of their miraculous rescue.

After exploring the territory of the museum, you may visit an extraordinary café “Locomotive” where instead of waiters the order is served by a small train!

When the tour is over, your driver will take you back to your hotel in Kharkiv.

Destination: Kharkiv