Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The site is divided into two halves which are joined by two foot-bridges, one of which provides wheelchair access. Each side has a demonstration line with various workshop buildings as well as museum buildings.
View along the main line towards Quainton Road, showing the two sides of the centre, taken from the footbridge. Main buildings, from left-right: Ministry of Food Buffer-Depot; Brill Tramway platform; Quainton Road; the former building of Oxford Rewley Road | |
| Established | 1969 |
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| Coordinates | 51.865°N 0.929°W |
| Type | Operational railway museum |
| Key holdings | Metropolitan Railway E Class No.1 GWR 4073 Class No.5080 Defiant GWR 6959 Class No.6989 Wightwick Hall South African Class 25NC 4-8-4 No.3405 |
| Owner | Quainton Railway Society (Some land leased from Network Rail) |
| Public transit access | Quainton Road or Aylesbury |
| Website | BucksRailCentre.org |
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