Railways

The railway was a fundamental driving force for the industrialisation process – it transported people and goods faster, cheaper and in greater numbers than any other means of transport hitherto. What had previously been great distances were suddenly within reach; town and country moved closer to each other but even entire regions grew stronger together. And not only that – the standardised time zone within Germany is also a result of the railway. Until as late as 1893 different times were kept in individual areas so in order to set fixed timetables and guarantee reliable rail transport, standardisation was required.

The railway stations in this period were gateways to the world. You get a precise sense of that at the TECHNOSEUM: as soon as visitors enter the architecture of a station concourse they catch the travel bug. And if you like, you can even take a trip out into the park grounds on the Eschenau museum locomotive.