Q. Are Dogs allowed?
A. No. Only Guide Dogs are allowed.
Does my NVR ticket allow entrance to Railworld?
A. No. Railworld is a seperate organisation to the Nene Valley Railway and so a seperate admission is due. To find out the admission to Railworld, click here.
Q. Who owns Railworld?
A. Railworld is owned by a charitable trust (Registered No. 291515), incorporated in 1985. The trust is managed by a board of trustees.
Q. How is Railworld Structured?
A. Railworld’s Board of Trustees is responsible for the budgeting and long term planning of the organisation. Railworld has two employed staff to take care of the day-to-day operations. Railworld is supported by valued volunteers.
Q. How is Railworld funded?
A. Railworld is an independent organisation and has no direct finance from the local authority or government. Railworld’s income comes from admission tickets, room hire, land hire, and kind donations.
Q. What are Railworld’s values and attitudes?
A. Railworld’s legal objects are:
- To advance the education of the public in all aspects of sustainable transport as part of the United Nations range of measures to combat human induced climate change
- To advance the education of the public in all aspects of railway travel as a widely acknowledged form of sustainable transport
- To create an eco-transport centre to be opened to the public for the aforesaid purposes.
A. Railworld’s visitor numbers for the last three years are:
2007 – 2573
2006 – 2540
2005 – 2451
Q. What is Railworld’s future?
A. Railworld is currently undergoing a large development, which will see a brand new purpose built 5500m2 exhibition centre built. The centre will be named the Transeco Centre. The exhibition centre will include Conference facility, rentable office space, rentable exhibition space and Railworld’s own exhibition space.
HAVE A QUESTION?
Send your questions/comments to info@transecocentre.com
