Railways are the most important and influential invention of our modern world. Their story is everyone’s story.

Vision 2025, the £55.3m transformation of the National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon, is our five-year journey to become the World’s Railway Museum, connecting the past with the present to inspire the innovators of the future.

As we approach the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and our own 50th birthday in 2025, we are wholly reimagining how we share the thrilling story of the railways with you, our visitors.