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| ▲ This photo, provided by the Korea Railroad, shows the front view of the Railroad Museum. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Korea Railroad (KORAIL) announced on the 22nd that it will be reopening the Railroad Museum, located in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi province from the 23rd as all the social distancing rules has been lifted in South Korea.
The railroad Museum has been closed due to COVID-19 for some time, but since the 11th, it has been operated with a reservation system for up to 300 people per day. The museum has a collection of 12,600 railroad related relics, including four vehicles that were newly designated as a Cultural Heritage by the Cultural Heritage Administration on the 7th.
The railroad vehicles that has recently been designated as a Cultural Heritage of early modern times include the "Narrow Gauge Diesel Vehicle No.163" and "Narrow Gauge Car No. 18011" which used to run the now-closed Suin Line Narrow Gauge Railroad (Suwon-Incheon) and Suwon-Yeoju Line Railroad (Suwon-Yeoju).
The structure of the Anchuncheon bridge, recently donated by the Korea National Railway, was installed during the construction of the Gyeongin-line in 1906 and the traces of the Korean War can also be seen as it has been operating for 100 years.
The Museum will be open from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. and costs 2,000 won and 1,000 won for children and the young. For more detailed information visit the website (www,railroadmuseum.co.kr).
"During the time it was closed, we have replaced the exhibition information board and equipped a train simulator," said director Bae Eun-seon of the Korea Railroad Museum. "I hope that people will be able to cure their exhausted body and mind by looking at the railroads."
(This article has been translated from Korean to English by Haemin Kim.)
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