Skansen taboru kolejowego w Chabówce
The largest collection of historic railway rolling stock in Poland: steam locomotives, diesel and electric locomotives, carriages and snowploughs on the site of a former locomotive shed.
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About the museum
The Skansen in Chabówka was established on the site of a locomotive shed founded at the end of the 19th century. At the peak of its prosperity about 80 steam locomotives were based here, serving freight and passenger trains to Kraków, Nowy Sącz and Zakopane. The open-air museum opened in June 1993.
The collection numbers more than a hundred historic vehicles and is the largest in Poland. Visitors can see steam, diesel and electric locomotives, freight and passenger carriages, snowploughs, rail trolleys (drezyny) and railway cranes. Since 2004 the open-air museum has organised public train rides with steam locomotives, and since 2005 the Parowozjada (Steam Locomotive Parade), a parade of working historic locomotives, has been held every August.
The facility belonged to the structure of PKP Cargo. In 2026 it was announced that care of it would be taken over by a new foundation, Fundacja Parowozownia Chabówka, established by PKP S.A. and PKP Intercity, and the facility is to operate under the name Parowozownia Chabówka.
Highlights
- The largest collection of historic steam locomotives in Poland
- Diesel and electric locomotives, carriages, snowploughs and railway cranes
- Summer retro trains hauled by steam locomotives
- Annual Parowozjada
Permanent exhibition
- Kolekcja zabytkowego taboru kolejowego – Steam locomotives, diesel and electric locomotives, carriages, snowploughs, rail trolleys and railway cranes on the site of the former locomotive shed.
- Founded
- 1993
- Operated by
- PKP Cargo S.A. (przekazanie Fundacji Parowozownia Chabówka w toku)
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
stacja kolejowa Chabówka · 300 m
The open-air museum lies about 300 m from Chabówka station, in the direction of Zakopane; trains on the Kraków–Zakopane route stop at Chabówka.
By car on road no. 47 (Zakopianka): in Chabówka, under the railway viaduct, there is a signposted turn-off to the open-air museum.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours on weekdays by prior telephone booking. |
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