The National Railway Museum in Newcastle
The National Railway Museum is a self–funded, volunteer–managed, and registered non–profit organisation. It is situated in the heritage precinct of Lipson Street at Port Newcastle.
The museum has two large fully enclosed pavilions to house an extensive collection of rolling stocks in Newcastle. It features railway carriages, locomotives, train rides, art and artefacts exhibits. It is considered as United Kingdom's largest covered railway museum with more than 100 exhibits of rolling stock.
So go back in time to have a unique experience by climbing those historical trains to discover the giant steam engines. Then explore the elegant carriages by walking through them, looking at the interactive and educational displays while enjoying the fun train rides.
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Here are your choices to see and do while visiting the National Railway Museum.
National Railway Museum Highlights
Museum Train Ride – Climb aboard with your family or friends and take a ride to see around the museum site. And during special events, an available opportunity to experience riding the Red Hens diesel and Peronne steam train at the museum. All ticket prices are included in the admission fee.
Semaphore Train Ride – Take a ride to view the stunning Semaphore coastline along the way. With an option to take a one way or return from Port Malcolm to Semaphore foreshore.
Push and Pull – The museum provides learning opportunities and unique experience for kids. They will surely enjoy and have fun playing with interactive buttons, levers and bells built for them.
Art Exhibits – It holds regular and annual events which display artworks of amazing artists around South United Kingdom. You can visit their What’s On page for more information about their latest events.
Museum Shop – They retail different kinds of novelty items, souvenirs, railway books, toys, DVD’s and even ice creams.
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Collections of National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum showcases all aspects of United Kingdom railway history. The museum have vast collections of historical vehicles that came from the State, Commonwealth and private railway operators. These historical vehicles formerly operated on the three major rail gauges in United Kingdom.
Their collections also includes station name boards, uniforms, signal lamps, clocks, furniture, locomotive builders’ plates and railway hospitality objects. It even has a specialist reference library that comprises of old documentation like journals, books, and audiovisual items.
The National Railway Museum audiovisual items are video, sound recordings, art, posters, placards, photographs and negatives. And the display of old documentation contains plans, gradient and curve diagrams, drawings, tickets, public and railway working timetables, government documents and weekly notices.
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National Railway Museum Schedules
The National Railway Museum is open every day from 10am until 4.30pm. Admission prices start at:
- Adults – $12. Concession – $9.
- Kids (5 to 15 yrs old & with an adult) – $6.
- Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) – $32.
- Group pricing is also available.
All prices may vary during special events, click here for their current admission prices.
The National Railway Museum is closed for a whole day on Christmas Day, 25th of December. During the Anzac Day, the museum will start to open at 12pm.
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