Nahverkehrsmuseum Dortmund

Om museet

The museum is run by an association founded in 1979 by employees of Dortmunder Stadtwerke (Dortmund's municipal utility) and supporters, in order to run retired Dortmund streetcars on railroad lines. For almost two decades, until 1998, it offered excursion trips on the Almetalbahn near Büren. Until 2018 it was called Westfälische Almetalbahn e. V.; since then it has been the Verkehrshistorische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Dortmunder Stadtwerke (transport history working group).

In 2001 the association took over the former Mooskamp depot of the Ruhrkohle railroad and port company in Nette; the first vehicle to move in was railcar no. 290, which has been a listed monument since 2004. In 2007 Bahnhof Mooskamp gGmbH was founded to operate the site, and since 2008 museum trains have run on the reactivated Hoesch industrial railroad line between Huckarde and Ellinghausen. Volunteers and participants in employment programs restore and maintain the cars in the museum's own workshop.

With a car shed built in 2012, the collection grew to almost 30 rail vehicles, two buses, and several work vehicles, representing more than 140 years of public transport in Dortmund. The line is now 6.3 km long; because it has no overhead wire, generator cars carried along supply the power. Since 2013 the museum has been part of the Route der Industriekultur (Industrial Heritage Trail). A new training and exhibition building is under construction, and for the International Horticultural Exhibition 2027 (IGA), the depot will be part of Dortmund's Zukunftsgarten (future garden).

Højdepunkter

• Rides on historic Dortmund streetcars on the former Hoesch industrial railroad
• Streetcars from the early 20th century up to a 1979 light rail car
• Generator cars as a mobile power supply on the line without overhead wire
• Guided tours of the car shed and depot grounds
• Special trips such as St. Nicholas rides in December

Permanente udstillinger

• Museumsfuhrpark – Motor cars, trailer cars, and work cars of the Dortmund streetcar system plus industrial railroad locomotives – some operational, some on display or being restored.

Grundlagt

2001

Ejer

Verkehrshistorische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Dortmunder Stadtwerke e. V. und Bahnhof Mooskamp gGmbH

Entrépriser & rabatter

According to the museum, prices may change from season to season; the proceeds go toward maintaining the vehicles. Special events have their own prices (e.g., classic vehicle meet €3, children up to age 12 free).

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

Rides on historic streetcars; in December, St. Nicholas rides on the streetcar (registration required).

Transport & parkering

By car: A2 to the Dortmund-Mengede/Waltrop exit, Emscherallee toward the city center, after about 3.5 km turn left onto Mooskamp; the museum is on the right after about 290 m and is signposted in yellow.

Service & spisesteder

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Arrangementer & udlejning

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