The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus is a railway museum in Piraeus, Greece. The museum was established in 2005 in the space of the former Post Office in Piraeus ISAP

ISAP

I.S.A.P. is the acronym for the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways , the oldest urban rapid transit system of Athens metropolitan area in Greece. It is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world, after the Metropolitan Railway, of 1863, now a part of the London Underground...

 train station. The museum displays a collection of small size items, photographs and documents related to the history of Athens-Piraeus Railway, Hellenic Electric Railways (EIS), Piraeus-Perama light railway

Piraeus-Perama light railway

The Piraeus-Perama light railway was a standard gauge suburban light railway line in Greece which connected downtown Piraeus with Perama and Salamis Naval Base...

, Piraeus Harbour tramway, Electric Transport Company (IEM) and Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP

ISAP

I.S.A.P. is the acronym for the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways , the oldest urban rapid transit system of Athens metropolitan area in Greece. It is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world, after the Metropolitan Railway, of 1863, now a part of the London Underground...

). The museum also owns a collection of apporximately 2000 small and medium size items and 3000 books, leaflets and other documents, currently in storage.

Currently the museum is open from Monday to Saturday, 09:30-14:00. Photography is permitted.

External links

• Museum web page