Museo do Ferrocarril de Galicia

Om museet

The Museo do Ferrocarril de Galicia (MUFERGA) opened in 2001 in the former Renfe railway workshops, near Monforte de Lemos station. The museum itself occupies the former traction and repair workshop for Galicia's steam locomotives, where part of the historic material conserved and restored by the museum is now kept.

About 600 metres away, at the back of the site and linked to the museum by an internal track, is the roundhouse, the former locomotive depot of Monforte. It is a horseshoe-shaped building with thirty-eight radial tracks and a turntable bridge that allowed locomotives to change direction. The European Union has declared it a notable building of European industrial heritage, and it is the largest restored and operational roundhouse of its kind in Spain.

The collection brings together locomotives, wagons, vans and carriages of Spanish gauge, restored both aesthetically and operationally, as well as objects such as old centralised traffic control equipment, lamps, signals, tools, furniture and telephones. The pieces include the Mikado 141F 2111 steam locomotive, the electric locomotive 7722 “La Inglesa” and the King's carriage.

Højdepunkter

• Roundhouse with 38 tracks and turntable bridge
• Mikado 141F 2111 steam locomotive
• Electric locomotive 7722 “La Inglesa”
• The King's carriage and restaurant car R9 9908
• Children's train with an outdoor circuit to the roundhouse

Permanente udstillinger

• Locomotoras históricas – Restored steam, electric and other locomotives, such as the Mikado 141F 2111, the 7722 “La Inglesa” and the “Yeye”, many of them in working order.
• Coches y furgones históricos – Saloon carriages, the King's carriage, a restaurant car and workshop and crane vans, some of which can be entered during guided tours.
• Rotonda del Ferrocarril – Former horseshoe-shaped locomotive depot with thirty-eight radial tracks and a turntable bridge, reached on the museum's internal train.

Grundlagt

2001

Entrépriser & rabatter

Individual admission allows visitors to see the museum, the locomotives and vehicles from the outside, and the temporary exhibitions; it does not include the interior of the carriages or the roundhouse. Guided tours for groups and the ride on the children's train (short route through the museum or long route to the roundhouse) are charged separately. Proceeds go towards maintaining the museum.

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

The museum has a children's train with an outdoor circuit (short route through the museum and long route to the roundhouse), which is also included in school visits if time allows.

Transport & parkering

The museum is in the former railway workshops, near Monforte de Lemos station; the roundhouse is about 600 metres away, at the back of the site.

Service & spisesteder

The historic carriages (restaurant car, café car and video car) can be hired for meals and events.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

Outdoor and indoor spaces, meeting rooms and historic carriages can be hired for events, meals, exhibitions, fairs, railway flea markets and film shoots. Enquiries to muferga@muferga.es.

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