OUR BELIEFS

Electric Railways have a long history that is rich in both technical innovation and socio-economic impact.
Many aspects of our everyday life would not have been possible without the creation of the Electric Railway, these include:

  • High Speed Rail Travel
  • Underground Railways
  • The Channel Tunnel
  • Light Rapid Transit
  • Outer Urban Housing Developments

    • Electric Railways are the dominant form of rail travel and will only continue to become more successful and further impact our lives, this makes the history of their origins and development highly significant.


    OUR AIMS

    Electric Railway Museum Limited is committed to the continued development of a museum where the story of the history of the electrification of Britain’s Railways is both told and celebrated. The museum will be:

  • A venue that people of all ages can visit and find an entertaining, educational and worthwhile experience.
  • A working museum, not all the items will be purely static. Operation of the trains in the way they were built to be operated is important to us.
  • Built to a single theme. The story the museum tells should not be diluted on site with other non-electric railway preservation projects that can be seen elsewhere in railway preservation.
  • Home to a selection of electric locomotives, multiple units and supporting artefacts as a basis for a heritage collection adequately representing national areas and types of operation of electric railways.


    • OUR VISION

    Electric Railway Museum wants to build a facility that will be fit for all our requirements for years to come to both house our collection and have facilities for them to be restored to a high standard and provide facilities for our visitors.

  • Covered workshop building to provide facilities for overnight stabling, routine maintenance and heavy restoration of locomotives and vehicles.
  • Museum hall containing a selection of static rail exhibits giving visitors a close quarters representation of the evolution of the British electric train, a basic guide to the properties of electricity and the engineering of an electric train.
  • A short working demonstration railway, electrified by conductor rails along its route to allow trains to be demonstrated and ridden in by visitors. Operation takes equal emphasis to display for visitor interpretation.



    • To download a copy of the Electric Railway Museum prospectus in .pdf format (1.35MB) outlining in greater detail why we exist and what we aim to do please Click Here

    The Electric Railway Museum project is very much a 'Work In Progress' with the project in its embryonic stage. With the support of people like you together we can make this ambition a reality.