TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi

About TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi

TCDD Açık Hava Buharlı Lokomotif Müzesi is an open-air display of historic railway vehicles belonging to the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). The museum first opened in 1991 beside Ankara Station on Celal Bayar Bulvarı in Maltepe, as part of the city railway museum complex. According to Turkish Wikipedia, on 5 December 2013 construction work for the high-speed train station and the Başkentray commuter line led TCDD to move the steam locomotives to its Behiç Bey facilities, and some locomotives were placed in the garden of the METU Science and Technology Museum. Today the collection stands beside Anadolu Bulvarı in the Gazi neighbourhood of Yenimahalle, opposite Ankapark and next to the entrance of the TCDD 2nd Regional Directorate, according to a September 2025 report in Yeni Ankara. The report counted eight or nine steam locomotives, two passenger carriages, two railway work machines and old cranes, plus small locomotives once used in mines. Visitors can climb into several of the locomotives to look at the cabs and boiler sections. OpenStreetMap records engines at the site such as number 57007, a Henschel locomotive dated 1933. The same report says entry is free, the area can be visited at any hour and there is parking for visitors arriving by car, while public transport access is limited. It also notes that parts of the collection need maintenance, with broken windows and dusty interiors in some locomotives. As the display has moved before, it is worth checking the location before setting out.