Heritage railways near London?
 

"Recliner" wrote

Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:

Or anything else transport related between 8 and 19 June.

Brooklands Museum, Weybridge

The Museum displays a wide range of Brooklands-related motoring and aviation
exhibits ranging from giant racing cars, motorcycles and bicycles to an
unparalleled collection of Hawker and Vickers/ BAC-built aircraft, including
the Second World War Wellington Bomber, Viking, Varsity, Viscount, Vanguard,
VC10, BAC One-Eleven and the only Concorde with public access in South East
England

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/inde...month/2014/06/


http://www.londonbusmuseum.com/

London Bus Museum is located on the Brooklands site between Weybridge and
Byfleet in Surrey and shares a common visitor entrance with Brooklands
Museum. One entry ticket covers admission to both museums.

And next door Mercedes-Benz World

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cont...benzworld.html


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Mike D

Heritage railways near London?
 

In message , at 21:36:21 on Fri, 27
Mar 2015, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:

the only Concorde with public access in South East England

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/inde...month/2014/06/

plus at: http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-duxford/airspace

however the OP isn't visiting while either of the two airshows are on.
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Roland Perry

Heritage railways near London?
 

On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:21:22 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 21:36:21 on Fri, 27
Mar 2015, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:

the only Concorde with public access in South East England

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/inde...month/2014/06/

plus at: http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-duxford/airspace

however the OP isn't visiting while either of the two airshows are on.

We've been too IWM Duxford. Most excellent!

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jhk

Heritage railways near London?
 

On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:34:27 -0000, "tim....."
wrote:


An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

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jhk

Heritage railways near London?
 

"Jarle Hammen Knudsen" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:34:27 -0000, "tim....."
wrote:


An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

which bit don't you understand?

They are not at locations at which it is possible to walk up to the ticket
office and get cheap return ticket for immediate travel

You either have to plan ahead and buy "advanced" tickets or suffer the
extortionate walk up fare

(or piddle around splitting tickets!)

tim

Heritage railways near London?
 

In message , at 13:09:05 on
Sat, 28 Mar 2015, Jarle Hammen Knudsen remarked:

An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

There are cheaper day-return fares over distances of ~50 miles.

It depends on the route whether there are day-return-only fares (which
is because of regular travellers abusing open returns) or
period-return-only, or sometimes a choice of both.
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Roland Perry

Heritage railways near London?
 

In message , at 12:25:22 on Sat, 28 Mar
2015, tim..... remarked:
An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

which bit don't you understand?

They are not at locations at which it is possible to walk up to the
ticket office and get cheap return ticket for immediate travel

You either have to plan ahead and buy "advanced" tickets or suffer the
extortionate walk up fare

A Cheap Day Return *is* a walk-up fare. And not hugely cheaper.

Take Whittlesford Parkway, for Duxford Air Museum: £21.10 versus £25.20
for the period return.

There's a cheaper Super-off-peak day return at £16.40, but as you can't
leave Liverpool St before noon it has limited application for the OP's
purposes.
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Roland Perry

Heritage railways near London?
 

"Roland Perry" wrote

on Fri, 27 Mar 2015, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:

the only Concorde with public access in South East England

http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/inde...month/2014/06/

.. plus at: http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-duxford/airspace

.. however the OP isn't visiting while either of the two airshows are on.


Is Bovington Tank Museum "transport related" ?


Here's a Kindle freebie (for a few days)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N0A0SCC/

A Week in England: Sights in London and South England by Dan Worsham
(American from Ohio)

Interesting locations in London and southern England. Specifically,
historical sites, and attractions related to cars, ships, airplanes, and
military history (71 pp)

Includes Brooklands and Portsmouth but not Duxford.


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Mike D

Heritage railways near London?
 

On 28/03/2015 20:59, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

Is Bovington Tank Museum "transport related" ?

Not really. It is tank related(!).

If you want to see tanks, it is world-class and definitely worth a
visit. Leaving aside any preferences about what exact things they have
in their collections, IMHO it's better as a museum than the French
equivalent in Saumur (between Tours and Angers); I've not done the
German one. There is a Russian one which is meant to have a good
collection but is difficult (impossible?) to visit.

But if you want transport, then Bovington is probably not a priority.

There was a dedicated Museum of Army Transport but a) it was on a branch
line in East Yorkshire, so while technically feasible it was not
sensible as a day trip from London and b) it closed and was demolished
years ago.


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Heritage railways near London?
 

On 25/03/2015 16:52, Recliner wrote:
Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

I went to the Bluebell Railway last year, and it was a huge success. I
have also been on the Epping Ongar Railway.

Or anything else transport related between 8 and 19 June.

Something a little different is the miniature (mainly) steam Romney, Hythe
& Dymchurch Railway:
http://www.rhdr.org.uk

You can get there fairly easily from Ashford, about 40 mins from St
Pancras.

I wouldn't start from there; stay on the train to Folkestone and get a
bus from there to Hythe. Note that such a trip would require a little
bit of planning; it is not vastly difficult, but it is not the same as
reaching the Bluebell or Spa Valley lines by rail from London.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK