Railway Museum Road Train
ENTRY
from £4
WHERE
York
What it’s like
A quarter-hour road train ride shuttling between the National Railway Museum and York Minster.
It does one job: it gets you from the National Railway Museum to York Minster (or back) without the walk, and it takes about fifteen minutes to do it. There's no commentary or scenery stop listed, just the journey itself, so treat it as transport with a bit of novelty rather than an attraction you build a day around.
It runs every 40 minutes from both ends, from 11.10am to 3.50pm, which gives you a decent window to fit it around whatever else you're doing in the museum or the city centre. You buy tickets from the guard on the day, £4 for a child and £5 for an adult, so there's nothing to sort in advance and nothing to forget to bring.
The rear carriage has a ramp for wheelchairs and buggies, but they're upfront about space not being guaranteed when it's busy, which is the one bit of forward planning worth doing if you're relying on it. Assistance and guide animals can travel too, at the guard's discretion. Worth noting the train doesn't run on the 21st or 22nd of September, so if your visit lands on either of those days you're walking between the museum and the Minster like everyone else.
Need to know
- Booking
- Buy tickets from the Road Train guard on the day
- How long to allow
- Approximately 15 minutes per journey
- Wheelchairs
- Wheelchair accessible with rear carriage ramp
- Dogs
- Assistance and guide animals only, appropriately trained and supervised
- Tickets are bought from the guard on the day, not in advance
- Guide and assistance animals can travel onboard at the guard's discretion
- No service on 21 or 22 September
- It's a straight shuttle between the museum and the Minster, not a scenic tour
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
£4 for a child, £5 for an adult. You pay the guard on the day, no need to book ahead.
How often does it run and how long does it take?
Every 40 minutes from the museum and from Duncombe Place by the Minster, running 11.10am to 3.50pm. Each journey is about 15 minutes.
Can we bring a buggy or wheelchair?
There's a ramp into the rear carriage, but space isn't guaranteed when it's busy, so you might have to wait for the next one.
Does it run every day?
It runs daily, but not on Monday 21 or Tuesday 22 September.
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