Sound Tracks

Experience the museum’s past as a bustling railway works with our atmospheric new audio trail.

Sound Tracks reveals the long and surprising history of our site, connecting you with people from the past who worked here and highlighting the thought-provoking stories around every corner.

The audio tour immerses you in the atmosphere of ten locations, exploring stories including Great Hall’s time as a busy engine shed, the impact of a Second-World-War bombing raid, the sights and sounds of Station Hall in its days as a goods depot, and the contribution of women workers on the railways.

The trail is accessible for free via your smartphone. Please note headphones are not provided. Visitors are welcome to listen to the trail with or without headphones.

A white hand hold out a smartphone to scan a QR code on an information panel

A white hand hold out a smartphone. There is an information panel and the nose of a train in the background

A white man wearing a face mask stands by an old-fashioned train carriage. He hold a smartphone and uses earphones.

Other things to see and do

Lin Qi in orange hi-vis standing on a construction site

Railway Heroes

Exhibition

Online and in Great Hall

A collection of interviews with railway workers who have helped get key workers to and from their jobs and given back to their communities—and country—during the COVID-19 pandemic.