Lousado Railway Museum Partnership

Get a train ticket with a visit to the museum, on a journey into the past that began in 1875.

The National Railway Museum - Lousado Centre, run by the National Railway Museum Foundation and managed in partnership with Vila Nova de Famalicão town council, is in Lousado railway station, at the junction of the Minho Line and the Guimarães Line, occupying the entire 1400 m² original workshop complex of the Guimarães Railway Company (1883/1927).

The equipment, built between 1875 and 1965, comes from eight companies in six countries from various builders.

The museum's collection includes four steam engines and the oldest narrow-gauge engine in Portugal, built in England in 1874. This locomotive sits alongside the medical carriage honouring Egas Moniz, a railway doctor who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1949.

Special ticket for school groups that costs €3.00 for each member of the group, which includes:

Return journey by urban train between any Porto urban train station and Lousado;
Visit to the Lousado Museum Centre;
Educational activities.

Conditions:

Price for groups of at least 10 people;
Booking is required with the Porto urban train group service (minimum 3 working days);
This price only applies to regular scheduled urban trains;
The customers must book the museum visit.

Paper Chase ‘Discovering the Railway’ - Lets visitors learn about the museum's collection and the history of the railways in a fun, entertaining way (45 minutes);
Lessons at the Museum - The museum is transformed into a classroom, portraying the development of the railways, the Industrial Revolution and the recent history of our country (60 minutes);
Cinecarriage - Video and debate, educational factsheets on the theme of the film and the aspects of the railway covered in the film;
Green film - This is one of the environmental awareness and education activities, with a focus on schoolchildren, developed by CEAB - the Centre for Environmental Studies and Activities of the Environment Division of the Vila Nova de Famalicão Municipality (90 minutes);
Eco Railway Workshop - Raising awareness among the target audience of environmental issues and the world of the railways by building trains using materials that are of no apparent use, such as paper rolls, cardboard boxes, egg boxes, etc. in a creative, ecological and fun way (60 minutes);
Raising Awareness of Citizenship and Safety in Public Transport - Addresses prevention and safety in public transport as well as behaviour for full citizenship, which are notions for building a balanced and responsible society;
Raising Awareness of Sustainable Development - Some of the proposals address sustainable development through themes such as ‘Travelling and Pollution’, ‘Preserving Biodiversity’, ‘Transport for the Future’, and ‘The History of Trains’.

Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The museum is closed on Mondays and public holidays, Easter Saturday, 24 and 31 December.

Train journeys:

Porto Urban Trains Group Service;
Telephone: 221 052 482 (Working days from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.);
Information and group travel bookings CP.

Booking a visit to the museum and educational activities: