Güzelyurt Railway Museum.

What to see at Güzelyurt Railway Museum

• The restored goods shed of the Güzelyurt (Morphou) station now houses the museum; the station building and wagon shed still stand too.
• In the landscaped grounds stands steam locomotive No. 3 of the Cyprus Mines Corporation, moved here in 2022 and restored in 2023.

History of Güzelyurt Railway Museum

1907

The Güzelyurt station opens on 31 March; citrus travels 95 km to Gazimağusa, a journey of about four hours.

1951

The Cyprus Government Railway ends its operations.

1999

The station building, wagon shed and goods shed are declared monuments.

2022

The restored goods shed opens as the Railway Museum on 18 May.

Visiting Güzelyurt Railway Museum

Allow about half an hour. The museum is at the old railway station in Güzelyurt town, where the GZ.54 road passes beside it. A car park and the nearest mapped bus stop are each about 50 m away. St Mamas Monastery is within about a kilometre.

Monuments near Güzelyurt Railway Museum

• St Mamas Monasteryabout 900 m north-westA sixteenth-century church with a carved iconostasis over the tomb of St Mamas.
• Mavi Köşkabout 15 km northA villa of 1957, preserved as it was left in the 1970s.
• Lefke Mining Museumabout 16 km south-westThe story of Lefke's copper mines, told in the former Vasıf Palas.