© Fundacio Ferrocaib
© Fundacio Ferrocaib
© Fundacio Ferrocaib
Mallorca Railway Museum to open in Son Carrio
Complete with a vintage train ride to Sant Llorenç
Calling all railway buffs! Mallorca is going to up their train game with a new railway museum in Son Carrió (near Cala Millor) that will not only showcase jewels like the oldest mail carriage in Spain but also create a 3.8-kilometre vintage train line that will go all the way to Sant Llorenç.
The regional government will invest 4.2 million euros from the eco-tax on the project which will be developed in three phases between 2018 and 2020. Together with Ferrocaib, a foundation dedicated to preserving the railway heritage in the Balearics, they will restore 3 locomotives and 10 carriages which will be on display at the museum. The exhibition will also benefit from augmented reality to recreate lost spaces, objects and even people.
The first railway in on the island started in 1875 and linked Palma with Inca. A historical track will also be reinstated between the museum in Son Carrió and the town of Sant Llorenç where all sorts of vintage trains, from steam engines to 1930's carriages, will run. With this new museum, which is expected to attract 90,000 visitors per year, and the vintage train ride that currently connects Palma and Sóller, Mallorca becomes a hotspot for railway fans.
