The Birmingham Railway Museum is another place you would
like to visit. In 1999 Birmingham Railway Museum Trust
achieved its long held objective of running a regular
steam train service on the national mainline railway network
between Birmingham
and Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Trust (which is a registered educational charity and
custodian of the Tyseley Collection of railway engines
& railway artefacts) was established to preserve and
demonstrate the steam locomotives. With this step change
in Trust activities, it was felt that the term 'museum'
no longer fully embodied the Trusts latest activities
and so a progressive re-branding commenced for the new
millennium.
Whilst the museum activities continue, the now familiar
name is now making way for those of the Trust's the two
operating subsidiaries - Tyseley Locomotive Works &
Vintage Trains.
Tyseley Locomotive Works is the engineering subsidiary of the
Trust. Locomotives and other rolling stock are restored, maintained
and serviced on the site of the former Great Western locomotive
depot & works at Tyseley. The Museum & Depot site is
now known as Tyseley Locomotive Works Visitor Centre and it
is the home base for Vintage Trains and, of course, the Shakespeare
Express.
Opening Timings
Sat, Sun & Bank Holiday Mondays: 10:00
- 16:00
Directions
By Road: A41 in Tyseley, approximately
3 miles from Birmingham city centre or 4 miles from Solihull
By Bus: 37
By Rail: Tyseley
Contact Info
670 Warwick Road
Tyseley, Birmingham
B11 2HL
England
