Nora järnvägsmuseum
Railway museum on the station grounds in Nora, with an exhibition in the goods warehouse, well-preserved station buildings, engine sheds and veteran trains.
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About the museum
The railway environment in Nora is unique in Sweden, with well-preserved station buildings, lineside cottages, bridges and other buildings. The iron from the furnaces at Pershyttan and the surrounding area was to be shipped out into the world, and next to the station building in Nora a whole station area grew up. The line between Nora and Ervalla was Sweden's first standard-gauge railway.
Engine sheds and workshops with a smithy, foundry, sheet-metal workshop and carpentry were built in 1891, and the present station building was inaugurated in 1900. In the 1930s an office building was added, which today houses the railway archive, as well as a railbus workshop with a shed for diesel locomotives. Järle station, from 1853–54, is counted as Sweden's oldest station building.
Today Nora järnvägsmuseum is a living museum with veteran trains, exhibitions and archives. The goods warehouse, where goods were loaded and weighed, houses an exhibition with a reconstructed narrow-gauge track and a standard-gauge track with steam locomotives and carriages, where you can board some of the carriages. The Stiftelsen Nora Järnvägsmuseum och Veteranjärnväg (Nora Railway Museum and Veteran Railway Foundation) owns and manages the buildings, land and track, while the association Nora Bergslags Veteran-Jernväg (Nora Bergslag Veteran Railway) runs the train services.
Highlights
- Exhibition in the goods warehouse with narrow-gauge and standard-gauge tracks
- Steam locomotives and carriages that you can board
- Well-preserved station area with engine sheds and workshops
- Veteran trains on the Nora–Ervalla and Nora–Pershyttan routes in summer
- Free admission
Permanent exhibition
- Utställning om järnvägen i godsmagasinet – Reconstructed narrow-gauge and standard-gauge tracks with steam locomotives and carriages, some of which you can partly board, plus old photographs of the station buildings along the line.
- Founded
- 1981
- Operated by
- Stiftelsen Nora Järnvägsmuseum och Veteranjärnväg (NJOV)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Adults | free |
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Free admission to the railway museum. Visitors are encouraged to support the activity with a donation via Swish. Veteran train trips and guided tours in Pershyttan have their own tickets.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The railway museum and the station area can be visited by wheelchair. An accessible toilet is next to Nora tourist office and is open in summer.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
The museum is on the station grounds in Nora, at Järnvägsgatan 1. There is a toilet at the Resecentrum (travel centre) in Nora, open in summer.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours of the railway area are booked in the goods warehouse during the summer. Group bookings in peak season are made through Nora tourist office, telephone +46 587 811 20, and in the low season through the museum assistant at the museum. |
