Narrow Gauge Railway Museum

Wharf Station
Tywyn
Gwynedd
LL36 9EY
Wales

Website

Virtual museum

www.ngrm.org.uk

Talyllyn Railway

www.talyllyn.co.uk

E-mail

All enquiries

curator@ngrm.org.uk

Telephone

0165 471 0472

Fax

0165 471 1755

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The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum was started in the 1950's and the first collections were displayed by 1956. A new building was opened as part of the Wharf Station of the Talyllyn Railway in 2006. This is on the site which has been the terminus of the Talyllyn Railway since it opened in 1865. The original building survives and some of the original slate yard has been restored and can be viewed from the museum balcony.

Venue Type:

Museum

Opening hours

Daily 11.00 - 15.00 with extended hours in season.

Closed Christmas Day and from 2 January - mid February except if booked in advance

Admission charges

Free admission to all

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Foreign language audio guide available
Pre-booking service for groups
Cafeteria
Parking for coaches
Refreshments
Restaurant
Shop

Children and families

Baby changing facilities

Disability access

Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas

Schools services and facilities

Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Education facilities available

Research and adult learning

Library
Research facilities for academics

Commercial and hire services

Meeting room available

Wharf Station
Tywyn
Gwynedd
LL36 9EY
Wales

Website

Virtual museum

www.ngrm.org.uk

Talyllyn Railway

www.talyllyn.co.uk

E-mail

All enquiries

curator@ngrm.org.uk

Telephone

0165 471 0472

Fax

0165 471 1755

Over seventy railways are represented from over 200 years of narrow gauge railway development in Britain and Ireland. Locomotives, wagons, signals and many items needed to operate railways are on show. The displays feature early plateway and conventional track; a large collection of nameplates, works plates and number plates from locomotives long since scrapped and single line working devices. The slate railways of Wales feature strongly and there is also a good collection from the Isle of Man and Ireland as well as material from English railways.