Start in the shed
The museum covers the railway line, the stations and the route, and mentions a film room. Use the explanations to get your bearings on the route. Which place names keep coming up, and what do you want to look at more closely along the way?
A ride has its own schedule
Historic rolling stock is part of what is on offer, but not every train runs on every date. Choose an operating day first, then check the timetable, boarding point and ride options. A museum opening is not the same as a departure time.
Looking at the line
Take a question from the display with you on any ride you may take: what does a station look like, how do the tracks run, and which details stand out? You don’t need to know every locomotive number to find the railway as a whole interesting.
Before you go
No fixed weekly schedule. Use the calendar for operating days and times; a museum visit by appointment is a separate option.
Sources
On 22 September 2026 Museumspoorlijn STAR informed our editorial team that its own website may be used as a source. The museum supplied the two photos shown and states that the images are owned by Stichting Stadskanaal Rail and may be shown without additional terms of use. No individual photographer was named; “Source: Museumspoorlijn STAR” credits the supplying institution.
This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.
- Museumspoorlijn STAR — source 1
Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.
- Museumspoorlijn STAR — source 2
Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.
- Museumspoorlijn STAR — source 3
Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.
- Museumspoorlijn STAR — source 4
Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.
- Museumspoorlijn STAR — source 5
Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.