Visit Museum
Opening times
winter season 1.9.-31.5.
tue-sun 10-18
mondays closed
summer season 1.6.-31.8.
mon-sun 10-18
(closed on midsummer)
Tickets
Adults
10 €
Children (7–17years)
5 €
Students, seniors, unemployed
7 €
Family ticket
20 €
We accept Finnish Museum Card (Museokortti)
Arrival
Suomen Rautatiemuseo
Hyvinkäänkatu 9
05800 Hyvinkää
Please notice: exhibition halls are cold during the winter time.
Arrival
Suomen Rautatiemuseo / Finnish Railway Museum
Hyvinkäänkatu 9
05800 Hyvinkää
By Rail
Two trains per hour from directions of Helsinki and Riihimäki. R trains stop at the station of Hyvinkää. From the station there is a 10-minute walk to the Railway Museum. There is also a taxi rank opposite the station. The journey from Helsinki takes about 40 minutes. Timetables and tickets: VR timetables.
By Car
Museum’s address is Hyvinkäänkatu 9. Use the motorway 3/E12 and take the junction 16. Then follow the signs of the Finnish Railway Museum (Suomen Rautatiemuseo). There is a free car park near the museum entrance.
Notice while visiting
Accessibility
Free car park near the museum entrance.
There is an accessible toilet and childcare room in the museum’s entrance hall.
Restrooms are located in the museum’s entrance hall and at the end of the locomotive shed.
Lockable lockers are available in the museum’s entrance hall.
Barrier-free access to the exhibition halls and locomotive shed. Exhibition buildings are not barrier-free due to stairs.
Assistance dogs with proper markings are welcome to the museum.
Temperatures in exhibition halls
Please notice: exhibition halls are cold during the winter time.
Opening times
winter season 1.9.–31.5.
tue-sun 10–18
mon closed
summer season 1.6.–31.8.
every day 10–18
(closed on midsummer)
Exceptions
Museum is closed
New Year’s day 1.1.2025
Good Friday 18.4.2025
Easter Monday 21.4.2025
May Day 1.5.2025
Friday 16.5.2025
Midsummer 20.-22.6.2025
Independence Day 6.12.2025
Christmas 24.-26.12.2025
New Year 31.12.2025-1.1.2026
Tickets
Adults
10 €
Children (7–17 years)
5 €
Children (0-6 years)
0 €
Students, seniors, unemployed
7 €
Family ticket
(2 adults + all under 18 y. children)
20 €
Payment methods
We accept
- Cash, bank card, credit card
- Museum card*
- Smartum. Edenred Virike*
We accept Finnish Museum Card (Museokortti)
*Not valid on the Railway Museum Day
Free entrance
- Children under 7 years old
- Personal assistants for the disabled
- Members of Rautatiemuseon Ystävät-society
- Hyvinkää city schools, kindergartens and children daycare centers
- Teachers and supervisors with the groups
- Press card holders
- Interrail-ticket holders
- Employees of other museums
- ICOM/ICOMOS -card holders
- Members of Opasliitto
- Members of Nordic railway museum friends
- Tour guides with the groups
Museum area
Entrance and museum shop
The ticket and sales desk, public conveniences, and museum shop for souvenirs and books are situated at the entrance. Coffee can be enjoyed here when the summer café is closed.
Exhibition halls
A wide variety of restored locomotives and rolling stock is on display. The selection includes the superb royal coaches of the Russian Emperors, the Heritage Train Valtteri and many other interesting items.
Engine roundhouse
Here the visitor can experience the genuine atmosphere of an engine shed. The roundhouse contains locomotives dating from different eras and shows a repair
shop of yesteryear. The children’s workshop is situated at the far end of the building.Station building
The wooden station building of the former Hyvinkää–Hanko private railway has been restored to its
former 1873 condition. The interior has typical facilities such as booking office and waiting rooms for general public and upper-class ladies.Barracks
A building formerly used to house railway families, known as the barracks, presents the development of the railway network in Finland. There is also a display of uniforms
and a presentation of railway occupations.Summer Café
The small and cozy summer café sells refreshments and snacks during the summer season. The café is situated in the former bakery cottage where railway workers and
their families baked bread and other pastries in the olden days.