TRANSPORT MUSEUM

Rushden Transport Museum is part of the Rushden Historical Transport Society (RHTS) premises located at:
Rushden Station, Station Approach, Rushden, Northants NN10 OAW.

The museum is housed in the restored Victorian station building of the former Rushden railway station. It forms part of the station site with adjacent buildings and railway running track, which is the setting for the Society’s historic vehicles and trains.

The Goods Shed, events venue is located on the other side of John Clark Way.

Rushden Transport Museum is located at
Rushden Station, Station Approach, Rushden, Northants NN10 OAW.

On the road parking might be available on North Street, NN10 6BU. 

There is no parking on the museum side of the site, but normally, on a Saturday parking is available on the opposite side of John Clark Way in our Goods Shed car park.

Disabled parking may be made available on the station side of the site by prior arrangement. Disabled spaces are also available in the Good Shed car park opposite.

There is also ample town centre parking within ¼ to ½ mile away.

Trains: the nearest mainline station is Wellingborough – 5 miles

Buses: Bus services from Wellingborough town centre – Stage Coach No.46 to ASDA store 100 yards from Rushden Station.
Bus Service from Bedford and Kettering – Stage Coach No. 49/50

The museum is signposted from the A6.

The Station site is accessible for wheelchair and pushchair users up a sloped, tarmacked pathway, and flat level access along the platform to the entrance door in the Parcels Office.

Once inside the Museum, all our rooms are fully accessible by wheel/push chair, but not necessarily as a through route, our volunteers are on hand to assist with this.

Due to the historic nature of the vehicles, not all RHTS vehicles are accessible.

Rushden does not have a Shop Mobility scheme and there are no wheelchairs available on site.

Assistance dogs are welcome, but must remain on a lead water bowls are available.

Seats are available on the platform and there is a chair in each room which is for public use.

Admission is free to the general public, but donations are gratefully received.

Group/school visits must be arranged in advance through museum@rhts.co.uk, for these there is a small charge per head.

Entrance
The Parcel Office entrance provides the first contact with our volunteers, who will be happy to be of assistance during the visit. Information on the displays and exhibits is presented in booklets with photo illustrations for ease of use. 
We welcome feedback to help us continually improve and there is a Visitor Experience Logbook for this purpose in the main waiting room, which we would like our visitors to complete.

Rushden Transport Museum is unique, being started by members of the Rushden Historical Transport Society, and as such started from nothing by collecting all sorts of artefacts and ephemera from road and rail transport. Now as an accredited museum the Trustees have agreed a Collections Development Policy so that our collection can relate more aptly to Rushden and the surrounding area.

Our focus now is on collecting objects, ephemera and stories that reflect the impact of different road and rail transport on the development of Rushden and its people, from within a radius of 50 miles.

The collections are made accessible to the public by permanent displays and a variety of changing displays on specific local themes.

How to donate objects:
Please do not bring objects into the Museum; but either come and see us first with a photo or send us a letter or an email about your object. If we are interested, we will first contact you for more information about the object and where it came from and then if appropriate come and take a look at it so we can assess it.
Do not be offended if we cannot accept your object; it might be that we have a similar object already, or it’s too big, or something that we don’t collect. We can always tell you why we can’t accept it, and suggest other museums that might be interested.

Public WC’s
There are a Ladies, suitable for disabled visitors and a Gents toilet at the end of the platform passed the bar, open during museum opening times. There is an additional ladies toilet in the bar. Further toilets are available at events times on the railway platform and in the Goods Shed.

RHTS bar
The bar selling a good range of beers and ciders is open to the public. There are specific cider and beer festivals during the year. Additional seating is available on the platform and in train carriages but there is no wheel chair access due to the restrictions of the heritage doors.

Café
The Buffet car is available on event days, serving hot and cold drinks light snacks and homemade cakes. There is no disabled access because of the step up from the platform, but there are picnic benches outside. The ASDA café is nearby for non-running days.

Shop
The RHTS shop, open on event and train running days, is located in the wooden chalet on the platform across the public access to North Street. The adjacent chalet is the ticket office and waiting room for train running days.

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