Starting whistle blows for next scheme in £55m overhaul of National Railway Museum

By Tom Lowe2020-08-18T05:00:00

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Architects wanted to design building at York site’s sister complex in County Durham

The National Railway Museum is steaming ahead with the latest phase of a £55m upgrade, beginning the search for an architect to design a £2.9m building to house its collection of locomotives.

The 4,000sq m facility at the York museum’s sister museum Locomotion at Shildon in County Durham will store up to 50 of the museum’s rail vehicles from its collection – which includes the world-famous Flying Scotsman.

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