Tokyo transportation and subway museums 東京の交通博物館

People often reach my blog with the search terms “Tokyo Transportation Museum”, “Tokyo Subway Museum”, or “Tokyo Train Museum”. Fair enough. Let me tell you what I know.

There are several museums in the Tokyo area related to trains, subways, and transportation. The ones I know are:

(1) Tobu Museum of Transportation & Culture 東武博物館 (map)

35 minutes from central Tokyo

(2) (Oume) Ome Railway Park and Museum 青梅鉄道公園 (map)

70-80 minutes from central Tokyo
a.k.a. “Oume Tetsudo No Koen” or “Oumetetsudeo Park”

(3) JR East Railway Museum 鉄道博物館 (Tetsudo Hakubutsukan) (map)

~50-60 minutes from Tokyo Station
Just north of Omiya Station in Saitama, the museum is reached by the New Shuttle ニューシャトル, “a manually driven rubber-tyred people mover”

(4) Tokyo Metro Museum 地下鉄博物館 (map) (formerly the Subway Museum 地下鉄博物館)

25 minutes from Tokyo Station on the Tozai Line
a.k.a. ちかはく Chika haku (short for Chikatetsu hakubutsukan)
Review: Tokyo Metro Museum: All about the system that keeps the city running (JapanTravel.com)
Review: The Tokyo Subway Museum (The Japanese Railway Society)
http://whereintokyo.com/venues/25275.html

(5) Old Shimbashi Station Railway History Exhibition Hall 鉄道歴史展示室 (map)

Includes the Railroad History Room 旧新橋停車場鉄道歴史展示室
Located in the reconstructed replica of Old Shimbashi Station

(6) History Garage, Car Museum メガウェブ (map)

25 minutes from Shimbashi Station
Per Where in Tokyo, “Though it’s officially part of Toyota Mega Web, the History Garage is located at the opposite end of the Venus Fort shopping mall, about five minutes away from the giant showroom and test-drive areas.”
Review: Japan – History Garage Odaiba (Engineered to Slide)

(7) Nippori Station 日暮里駅 ” “train museum” (トレインミュージアム) (map)