Oxelösunds järnvägsmuseum

About the museum

Oxelösunds järnvägsmuseum is run by Föreningen Sörmlands Veteranjärnväg (Sörmland Veteran Railway Association), FSVJ, which was formed on 6 April 2010 after its first members had gathered as early as 2008. The association wanted to give Oxelösund a railway-history museum with settings, vehicles and exhibitions, and since 2013 it has run veteran train services. The museum opened to the public on 5 June 2022.

The museum is located at the Oxelösund engine shed, which was built in 1920–1938 and which the association looks after and preserves. The story takes as its starting point the importance of the railway for Oxelösund’s development from a small fishing community into an industrial town, from the construction of the line in 1877 to the strong expansion of the 1950s and 1960s with electrification, harbour and ironworks.

In the exhibition hall in the red track-keeper’s cottage, the history of the railway to Oxelösund is told, together with what the Gränges group (Grängeskoncernen) did for the town’s growth. On the site there is an engine shed with a locomotive exhibition and workshop, a goods warehouse, a goods wagon, a vehicle hall and an outdoor exhibition of historic railway vehicles, most built around the 1950s. The museum is a living one: restoration and maintenance take place during opening hours.

Highlights

• Engine shed from 1920–1938 with a locomotive exhibition and workshop
• Historic railway vehicles, among them Jenbach locomotives, TGOJ passenger carriages and the Nohab Z63
• Exhibition hall on the railway to Oxelösund and the Gränges group
• Railway café in a restaurant car from 1929
• Audio guide via the Storyspot app and veteran train trips

Permanent exhibitions

• Utställningshallen i banvaktsstugan – Exhibition on the railway to Oxelösund, on the importance of the Gränges group for the town’s growth and on what the preserved vehicles were used for.
• Lokstallet och fordonsutställningen – Engine shed with a locomotive exhibition and workshop, vehicle hall and outdoor exhibition of historic railway vehicles.

Founded

2022

Operated by

Föreningen Sörmlands Veteranjärnväg (FSVJ)

Admission & discounts

Admission applies to adults from 16 years of age. Tickets are bought in the track warden’s cottage.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: not available
• Accessible parking
• 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

There are a few wide parking spaces at the museum for visitors with accessibility needs. There is currently no accessible toilet; a simpler toilet is in the engine shed. It is forbidden to step onto the tracks.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Playground / play area

The museum has a special section where children can play, including a play-and-learn carriage.

Getting there & parking

The footpath across the bridge on Thams väg should be used between the station, the town-centre car park and the museum.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Railway café in the old restaurant car from 1929 during the museum’s opening hours.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

The association hires out trains for private trips; the museum receives booked groups.

Plan your visit