Pre-arrival information

Our staff and volunteers work hard to ensure visitors have a safe and enjoyable day.

Please Note:

Didcot Railway Centre will be open at 10:30am with last entries being at 2:30pm.
You are welcome to stay until we close at 4.00pm.
Please have your original e-ticket ready to show staff. Please also bring your membership card if you’re a member, or carer's ID if you have booked a carer's ticket.
On arrival at Didcot Parkway Station, please show your ticket to GWR staff who will then let you through the barrier. Walk through the subway and straight ahead into the original steam age subway that leads to the Centre.
Head up the stairs to the Railway Centre entrance.
On arrival, please show your tickets and collect a Site Guide.
You may care to board our train near the ticket office and perhaps alight at the Centre's Oxford Road station at the far end of the site and explore the Centre. You can walk back through the Centre, return on a later train or change trains and travel back on the Branch Line.
You can step across the tracks around the Centre but do not cross the fences onto the demonstration lines. You can only do this at the Museum — never on other railways.
Please do not climb down into, or jump across, the inspection pits.
Children must be supervised at all times.
Please listen to the briefings from staff and please do ask questions.
Dogs on leads are very welcome.

Opening Times

Some attractions and facilities may remain open later in August and at special events

We look forward to welcoming you to Didcot Railway Centre.

Visitor Experience Team

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