Hong Kong Railway Museum
railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Railway Museum (HKRM) is a railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Service Department as a branch museum of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (HKHM). Opened on 20 December 1985, the HKRM is located at the site where the old Tai Po Market railway station was built in 1913. Admission to the museum is free.
About the old Tai Po Market railway station
History
The Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) opened in 1910 at Tai Po Market. It was one of the stops in the New Territories; the station building was erected in 1913. Since then, it has acted as a centre of administration and trade, which indirectly boosted Tai Po Market's economy by bringing traders there.
The Kowloon–Canton Railway was electrified in 1983 and the station was taken out of service, with the opening of the new Tai Wo station north of it and the new Tai Po Market station south of it. One year later, the Old Tai Po Market Railway Station was declared a monument. The site, together with the buildings and relevant exhibits, were then given to Regional Council by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation for the setup of the HKRM, which eventually opened to the public on 20 December 1985.
“Hong Kong Railway Museum” enters the record as railway museum in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hong, Kong and Railway can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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