Former Nijo Station Building — Attraction in Kyoto

【旧二条駅舎】1904～1996の間使われていた駅舎。 現在は、京都鉄道博物館の展示と出口を兼ねた建物として使われています。 旧二条駅舎の歴史 旧二条駅舎は、1904(明治37)年に開業した京都鉄道の駅である。115年の歴史がある駅舎は、木造2階建ての入母屋造建築。当時、この駅舎の2階には私鉄京都鉄道の本社があり、本社社屋も兼ねていた。 駅舎の入り口の車寄せの屋根の瓦には、私鉄京都鉄道会社の紋が彫られている。西洋風の石造り建築が多く建てられた明治時代に、木を用いて造られた。 また、この駅は当時、御所の最寄り駅であったため、皇族が山陰地方に行かれる際にも使われていたようだ。それゆえに駅の中には「貴賓室」が設けられている。 1996年に京都市指定有形文化財に指定され、1997年には梅小路蒸気機関車館の展示資料館として活用されるようになった。 （出典：龍谷大学HP） [Former Nijo Station Building] This station building was used between 1904 and 1996. Currently, it is used as an exhibition and exit building for the Kyoto Railway Museum. History of the Old Nijo Station Building The former Nijo Station building is a Kyoto Railway station that opened in 1904 (Meiji 37). The station building, which has a history of 115 years, is a wooden two-story building with a gabled roof. At that time, the second floor of this station building housed the head office of a private railway company, Kyoto Railway, which also served as the head office building. The roof tiles of the carriage porch at the entrance of the station building are carved with the crest of the Kyoto Railway Company. It was built using wood during the Meiji era when many Western-style stone buildings were built. In addition, since this station was the closest station to the Imperial Palace at the time, it seems that the imperial family also used it when going to the San'in region. For this reason, a "guest room" is set up in the station. In 1996, it was designated as a tangible cultural property designated by Kyoto City, and in 1997 it was used as an exhibition museum for the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum. (Source: Ryukoku...

Excellent museum with activities for children and loads of very impressive engines. It lost a star for me because a railway museum isn't my first interest but this is entirely personal. Still interesting even for the general viewer. You can hire audio...

It's wonderfully placed and we'll maintained. It would be great if we could get some more instructions in English for tourists as that would be...