Number of visitors to Railway Museum reaches 1 million

Number of visitors to Railway Museum reaches 1 million

SAITAMA, Japan - The number of visitors to the Railway Museum opened last October in Saitama, north of Tokyo, reached 1 million March 31, far exceeding the 600,000 visitors who had been expected by the end of March, the museum said.

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