National Railway Museum - York

Despite renovations taking place we still enjoyed our visit. Entry is free but booking recommended. We went for it opening as I suspect it could get really busy. Great selection of trains, old and new. We thoroughly enjoyed the Flying Scotsman VR experience (it costs £7, book in advance and it lasts about 20 minutes). There is a Flying Scotsman display to celebrate the 100 year anniversary and the storeroom area is quite fascinating. As it was my first visit I hadn’t appreciated so much wasn’t available to see however we still managed to pass a very pleasant 2.5 hours. The gift shop was well stocked with good quality products at reasonable prices.

Have been visiting the museum for over thirty years , and have always loved it. However at the moment with the renovations it really isn’t worth the journey. Only the great hall is open with trains crammed in , very busy, cafe was overflowing and expensive. We left after twenty minutes very disappointed. Will visit again but not until everything is completed.

When we 're in York we always visit NRM but in its current state its best avoided as its being 'Transformed ' and much of it has been moved to Shildon, 61 miles away in the middle of nowhere. The South Hall is closed and many exhibits in Great Hall have boarding round them There are a few locomotives, 2 LARGE cafes selling overpriced refreshments, 2 shops selling overpriced tat. There is a Bramhall interactive gallery £10 per adult, we didn 't see anyone go in and it appeared to be empty . There is a Flying Scotsman VR experience, yes that 's extra too. The outside gallery is shut. In its current state it really isn 't worth visiting..Will it be better after the transformation ? I have serious doubts.. won 't be visiting until its fully Transformed so I can see how something that wasn 't broken was fixed.

Very informative and interesting musuem, even though quite a lot is currently unavailable to the public. One of the members of staff were very helpful and shared a great deal of information on one of the engines. Booking process is rather complicated, in so much that they want all your personal details except your 'chest size '!

A great day out for any level of train enthusiast. Many trains, many other train items laid out in the north shed. There is a vr scotmans experience, didn't do it as you had to pay. Cafe was good, shop so so was more items with either mallard or scotmans on it Some areas are under renovation but still enough to do as it is. Sadly my favourite train is on loan so I'll be off to visit another railway to find it