There is very little information on European museums in railroad
stations. Of course there are the railroad museums of York and Utrecht,
and there is the museum in the Gare d'Orsey in Paris. The Belgian
railway museum is situated in a small part of the (still in use)
Brussels North Station.
But is this really all ??
I couldn't find any museums in Flanders that have been transformed in
museums, and Belgian railways seem *very* reluctant to place disused
railway stations at the disposal of cultural or heritage initiatives:
they prefer to sell them for as much money as possible (and *too much*
for heritage associations), they demolish them, or they let them decay.

What's the situation in other European countries ?
Please tell us if the stations have to be acquired from the railways, or
have they been donated, rented, etc. - and at what price. What is the
policy of the railways concerning the disposal of stations to heritage
and cultural projects ?

Adriaan Linters
chairman 'Vlaamse Vereniging voor Industriële Archeologie'
         (Flemish Association for Industrial Archaeology)
P.O. Box 30
B-9000 Gent-12
Flanders-Belgium
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