A FORMER good depot and home to the national collection of original royal carriages is set to get a £500,000 refurbishment. The National Railway Museum s Station Hall, in York, is home to six royal carriages, including one of the venue s most popular attractions – Queen Victoria s original 1869 saloon. The refurbishment of the Station Hall, which is a Grade II listed building, will start in the spring and is being carried out thanks to the Friends of the National Railway Museum. Charlotte Kingston, head of interpretation and design, said: “I am hugely grateful to the Friends of the National Railway Museum who have enabled us to create an exciting permanent exhibition which will inform and inspire future generations.
A FORMER good depot and home to the national collection of original royal carriages is set to get a £500,000 refurbishment. The National Railway Museum s Station Hall, in York, is home to six royal carriages, including one of the venue s most popular attractions – Queen Victoria s original 1869 saloon. The refurbishment of the Station Hall, which is a Grade II listed building, will start in the spring and is being carried out thanks to the Friends of the National Railway Museum. Charlotte Kingston, head of interpretation and design, said: “I am hugely grateful to the Friends of the National Railway Museum who have enabled us to create an exciting permanent exhibition which will inform and inspire future generations.
£500,000 refurb for National Railway Museum s Station Hall THE National Railway Museum in York is to carry out a £500,000 refurbishment of its Station Hall. The Friends of the National Railway Museum has raised £300,000 from members to develop and refresh the permanent exhibition inside the historic, Grade II-listed former goods depot, which is home to six royal carriages, including Queen Victoria’s original 1869 saloon. The project will redisplay the carriages into complete royal trains matched with period locomotives, said a spokesman. A new addition will be class 47 locomotive, Prince William, one of a select number of locomotives to have hauled the current royal train.