- What: The world's largest railway museum, with 300 years of rail history, exciting exhibits and iconic objects for families and railroad buffs.
- Where: National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ, UK
- Telephone: +44 (0)8448 153139
- Open: Every day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except December 24-26
- Admission: Free
- Getting there:The museum is an easy walk from York Railway Station. Trains from London take less than two hours and leave every half hour from London King's Cross. There is a "Road Train" from the center of York with frequent trips to the Museum from Duncombe Place, next to York Minster.
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What to See at the National Railway Museum
Kids can climb aboard some of the world's most iconic trains - the UK steam engine record setter, The Mallard, a Japanese Bullet Train and a giant locomotive built in Britain for the Chinese railways.There are daily demonstrations of awe inspiring machinery - like the turntable, for turning locomotives, in the Great Hall; Theatre programs about railway history and railroad inventors, and visits from Thomas the Tank Engine during some school vacations.
