Museu del Ferrocarril de Mallorca

About the museum

The Museu del Ferrocarril de Mallorca opened in November 2025, to mark 150 years since the island's first railway line, which connected Palma and Inca in 1875 under the direction of the engineer Eusebi Estada. It is housed in the depot shed of the former Son Carrió station, in the municipality of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar.

The project began in 2012, when the building was handed over to the Fundació Ferrocaib, which for more than seventeen years restored Mallorca's railway heritage and owns most of the collection. The work was financed with almost €3.7 million from Next Generation EU funds, received through Sant Llorenç des Cardassar Town Council. The museum is promoted by Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) and the foundation.

The visit combines stagecraft and technology: it starts in a recreated late 19th-century station, continues in a restored historic carriage with a panoramic projection of the landscape of the past, and ends in an interactive space with games, digital resources and a driving simulator. The collection includes steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and service vehicles, among them a mail van built in Swansea in 1874.

Highlights

• Immersive audiovisual visit with holograms, projections and locomotive smoke
• Restored historic carriage with a panoramic projection of Mallorca in the past
• Driving simulator in the interactive space
• Mail van of 1874, the oldest of its kind in Spain
• Housed in the depot of the former Son Carrió station

Permanent exhibitions

• Visita audiovisual inmersiva – Route from a recreated late 19th-century station to a restored historic carriage and an interactive space with games and a driving simulator.
• La colección – Steam and diesel locomotives, passenger carriages and service vehicles of the Mallorcan railway, among them a mail van from 1874.

Founded

2025

Operated by

Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) y Fundació Ferrocaib

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• Hands-on stations

The route ends in an interactive space with games, digital resources and a driving simulator.

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