KWVR Ingrow West Station on Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow, Yorkshire

Details

Accessibility

 Wheelchair users:

 Parking close by the door

 Free loan wheelchair for use in the Museum                                                                        

 Accessible toilet

 Wheelchair lift to central viewing platform

 Dual-level explanation panels on the walkway

Other facilities:

 Braille Leaflet for loan

 Assistance dogs are welcome.

See https://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/Policy%20-%20VCT%20-%20POL-001%20-%20Access%20Statement

Seating: There are seats at various places around the floor of the museum, to ensure visitors have ample opportunities to rest.

There are separate Gents and Ladies toilets in the museum. There is also a fully accessible toilet, which has lateral transfer space and grab rails. There is a baby nappy changing facility within the accessible toilet. 

Brief description

Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow: https://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/index.htm

Address

Museum address (not for postal use) is:

The Vintage Carriages Trust Museum of Rail Travel
Ingrow Railway Centre (on the main A629 Keighley to Halifax road)
South Street

Keighley
West Yorkshire

BD21  5AX

Email

Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow  admin@vintagecarriagestrust.org

Phone

Museum of Rail Travel, Ingrow: 01535 680425

Website

https://kwvr.co.uk/station/ingrow-west/

https://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ToIngrow.htm

Directions

Satnav   BD21  5AX: There are two museums in Ingrow Station Yard  We are located 200m from Ingrow Station at the end of the yard.

Ingrow Railway Centre is on the A629 road from Keighley to Halifax, about one mile from Keighley town centre. The entrance is between Ingrow Lane and Haincliffe Road.  Look for the "Brown Signs", and for the large ornamental entrance gates.  Car parking space is available in the yard and no charge is made. Satnavs should be set to postcode BD21 5AX.

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change https://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ToIngrow.htm 2024: " Our Shop & Museum are open every day, except 25 December, from 11.00 am until 4.30 pm. Last admission  4.00 pm."

Entry to the Shop is free. We sell hot and cold drinks, ice cream and sweets as well as souvenirs, back-number magazines, pre-owned railway-interest books and assorted cast-iron plates, railway lamps and other 'Railwayana'.

Rail Story Ticket to visit both museums at Ingrow. Entry to the Museum of Rail Travel and Ingrow Loco Museum is £5.00 for adults, £4.00 for concessions, and £3.00 for accompanied children. We regret that unaccompanied children are not admitted.

If you only wish to visit one museum, charges are £3.00 for adults, £2.50 for concessions and £2.00 for accompanied children.   We regret that unaccompanied children are not admitted.

If you are travelling on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, ask for a Day Rover Ticket which includes admission to the Museum of Rail Travel, admission to Ingrow Loco Museum and a day's unlimited travel on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.  Day Rover tickets are available at our Museum, also at any Worth Valley Railway Station (when staffed).

Our vehicles are sometimes loaned to other railway preservation societies and film companies and not all our stock may therefore be present at the time of your visit. Details of VCT carriages and locomotives on loan elsewhere are usually on our news pages, but if intending to visit to view a particular vehicle it would be worth enquiring first. Occasionally, special events held by the Worth Valley Railway may involve the use of Ingrow yard and/or our vehicles. If your visit coincides with one of the Ingrow Yard special events, please inform the Worth Valley Railway attendant that you would like to visit our Museum."

Transport

Travel to Keighley Railway Station. Keighley may be reached by frequent MetroTrain electric services operated by Northern Rail  from Leeds, Bradford Forster Square and Skipton, with through services from  Morecambe, Lancaster, Carnforth and Carlisle. LNER  operates a frequent service from London King's Cross to Leeds.  There is one direct service from London to Keighley on Monday to Saturday evenings, with an early morning direct train from Keighley to London on Mondays to Saturdays..

For  Metrotrain information telephone 0113 245 7676 (0800-2000 daily except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day).  There is an on-line Journey planner on the Metro website 

On arrival at Keighley Station, if the Worth Valley Railway is running, walk over to Platform 4 and take the Worth Valley train to Ingrow (the first stop out of Keighley). 

For the current Worth Valley Railway timetable see the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Web Site.

Keighley Bus Station is about 10 minutes walk from Keighley Railway Station. Any bus from outside the railway station will take you to the bus station (just one bus stop away), and then take any of the buses listed below to Ingrow.

Alternatively, take a taxi: there's a taxi office just to your right as you come out of Keighley Station.

Ingrow Railway Centre is on the A629 road from Keighley to Halifax, about one mile from Keighley town centre. The entrance is between Ingrow Lane and Haincliffe Road.

Services B1, B2, B3, 67 & 68  from Keighley Bus Station pass the gates of Ingrow Railway Centre. Alight at the bus stop after the petrol filling station.  The bus stop is between Ingrow Lane (on your right) and Haincliffe Road (on your left). 

Keighley & District service B3 from Hebden Bridge. 

Keighley & District service 67 & 68 from Bradford via Thornton,  Denholme and Cullingworth.    

Alight at Ingrow Church, which is adjacent to Ingrow Lane.

 For bus and Metrotrain information telephone 0113 245 7676 (0800-2000 daily except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day).  There is an on-line Journey planner on the Metro website"

Amenities

CATERING: We have a hot drinks machine in the shop, whilst also on sale are a range of cold drinks and confectionery. There are also two picnic tables immediately outside the museum for the use of our visitors, one of which can be accessed by a wheelchair.