Railway Museum (Western Australia)

Railway Museum
P508 on display at Bassendean in April 2006
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The museum is located in Bassendean, Western Australia on Railway Parade between Ashfield Station and Bassendean Station on the Midland Line.
Established1974; 50 years ago (1974)
LocationRailway Parade, Bassendean Western Australia
Coordinates31°54′35″S 115°56′20″E / 31.9097°S 115.939°E / -31.9097; 115.939 (Railway Museum)
TypeRailway museum
Websitewww.railheritagewa.org.au Edit this at Wikidata

The Railway Museum, also known as the Rail Transport Museum, is situated in Bassendean, Western Australia. It is run by the Western Australian division of the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS), which is called Rail Heritage WA.

In the early days of operation it had at times been known as the Western Australian Rail Transport Museum, and more recently, Rail Transport Museum.[1] On the internet and social media, it has been referred in variants with qualifiers of the location name such as the Bassendean Railway Museum[2][3] and Rail Heritage Museum Bassendean.[4]

The standard name is currently utilised as the Railway Museum.[5][6]

  1. ^ "ABN Lookup". abr.business.gov.au. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Bassendean Railway Museum Western Australia. Bassendean Photos by Mingor". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Bassendean Railway Museum - Attraction - Tourism Western Australia". Western Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Rail Heritage Museum Bassendean". 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ^ "ASIC Registration". connectonline.asic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Rail Heritage WA Museums". www.railheritagewa.org.au. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.