Muzeum of Transportation
Localisation
| Regional hierarchical level (NUTS III) | Bratislavský region |
| District level (LAU1) | Bratislava I |
| Municipality (LAU2) | Bratislava |
| Connection to traffic network | Highway D1, Highway D2, Highway M15 to Hungary, Highway D4 |
Main factors of successful redevelopment process
- Specific localization – in proximity to the main railway station
- Transport links – Good connection to the highway system ( Highway D1, Highway D2, Highway M15 to Hungary, Highway D4)
- Attractiveness of the site and objects (historical, architectural, aesthetic value and image of a site) - Rescue of old historical industrial building
Brief description of site and current use
The museum of transport was opened in June 1999 as a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum in Košice. It is situated in a storehouse and a railway store near the Bratislava Steam Railway Station. The museum shows exhibits collected for 70 years, showing machineries, history and development of road and railway transport.
The museum is situated in a building after the Management of the Slovak Railway Police between Predstaničné namestie and Prazska street. The entrance is from a bridge for pedestrians over Sancova street or from the corner of Sancova street and Prazska street.
Original use – basic description
| Original use | railway station - storehouse and railway yard of the first Bratislava’s railway station |
| Area | 0,3 |
| Type of site | transport |
Current state – basic description
| Current use | museum of transportation |
| % of built-up area | about 50% |
| State of environment | There are no problems with environment, decontamination wasn’t necessary |
| New use from | 1999 |
| Total costs | Not found |
| Owner of site | Bratislava |
Contact to stakeholders
| Owner of site |
Bratislava I doc. RNDr. Milan Ftáčnik, CSc. primator@bratislava.sk Ing. Viera Kimerlingová namkim@bratislava.sk |
| Local Public administration |
Mayor of Bratislava RNDr. Milan Ftáčnik, CSc. primator@bratislava.sk |
| Investors participating at redevelopment | Not found |
| NGOs | Not found |
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