Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus

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The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus is a small railway museum in Piraeus, near Athens, Greece. It opened in November 2005 inside the old Post Office at Piraeus railway station. The museum was created from the personal collection of Manolis Fotopoulos, a former employee of ISAP (Athens–Piraeus Electric Railway), who began collecting items in 1995 after retiring. It was opened to the public in 2005. The displays include small items, photographs and documents about the history of the Athens–Piraeus Railway, Hellenic Electric Railways, the Piraeus-Perama light railway, the Piraeus Harbour tramway, the Electric Transport Company (IEM) and ISAP. The collection totals about 6,000 items and 3,000 books and leaflets, most of which are currently in storage, with plans to extend the museum by adding a library to show more. The museum also owns one of the first twelve wagons that operated on this railway. Signs are in Greek, but leaflets are available in English. The museum is currently managed by Pavlos Koulovassilopoulos.