East Anglian Railway Museum

Description

The East Anglian Railway Museum, based just outside Colchester, Essex, is a Working Museum dedicated to preserving the history of railways in the Eastern Counties. The East Anglian Railway Museum is an open air site based at Chappel and Wakes Colne Railway station. The entire site forms the Museum, which is made up of Station Buildings, Signal Boxes, Goods Shed and Restoration Shed.

The Museum has the most comprehensive collection of railway architecture, locomotives, coaches, wagons, and ephemera in the region set on the operation rail line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. Set on the edge of Constable Country adjacent to the second largest railway viaduct in Eastern England the complex of Victorian buildings has a unique story to tell of railways in East Anglia from the 1840s through to the 21st Century.

Open every day between 10am and 4.30pm (or Dusk if earlier), on certain days special events take place, where you can have unlimited rides on the Museum's preserved Steam and Diesel Trains. We also hold regular Day Out With Thomas Events, also the popular Chappel Beer and Cider Festivals.