THE Christmas Model Railway Show, Manchester 2016

Event Name: THE Christmas Model Railway Show, Manchester 2016

Classification: Exhibition

Address: The Barnes Wallis Building, Altrincham Street, Manchester, between Oxford road & Picadilly station.Car park Postcode: M1 3BB

Day 1: Saturday 3rd December 2016

Opening times Day 1: 10:00 - 17:30 Advance ticket holders admitted at 09:45

Day 2: Sunday 4th December 2016

Opening times Day 2: 10:00 - 16:30 Advance ticket holders admitted at 09:45

Prices: Adult: £8.00Advanceticket£7.00Children: FREE! Children under 5 free, children 5 - 16: two admitted free with each adult ticket, extra children £4. No unaccompanied children under 16.Wheelchair bound visitors may bring one carer free of charge.

Disability access: Yes

Car parking: Yes

Website: http://mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/

Organising body: Manchester Model Railway Society

Organiser: Mr Phil [email protected]

It’s back, it’s bigger, it’s better!

More space! More layouts!

Following the success of Manchester Model Railway Society’s relaunched city centre exhibition in 2015, the Society has today

released details of the attractions at this year’s show. The exhibition will be on

Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th December 2016,

and will again be held in the Barnes Wallis building of the

University of Manchester’s northern campus, a mere 250m from Piccadilly Station.

Opening times are as follows;

Saturday 10:00 - 17:30,

Sunday 10:00 - 16:30.

Advance ticket holders admitted at 09:45 each day.

Adult price £8 on the door or £7 in advance (advance ticket includes a free exhibition guide.).

Children under 5 free, children 5 - 16: two admitted free with each adult ticket, extra children £4. No unaccompanied children under 16.

Wheelchair bound visitors may bring one carer free of charge.

More exhibition space has been hired this year and, in addition, the catering area has been almost doubled in size and will

open for longer, serving a much wider variety of food throughout the day. Exhibition coordinator, Philip Sweet, said:

“We have listened carefully to the feedback from last year’s visitors

and are acting on it to make the exhibition bigger and better than

ever. In line with their wishes we have increased the exhibition

space, improved the catering and have invited more layouts – there

should be twenty this year, two more than in 2015. One thing which

has not changed is the quality of the layouts; most of them have

been featured in one or more of the national railway modelling

magazines in the last 18 months. The variety of traders this year will

be even greater and we are arranging a number of activities designed

for families and children.

With Manchester’s acclaimed Christmas street markets nearby, our

show is the perfect destination for your Christmas shopping”

The Society website contains details and pictures of all the layouts, and much

more information about the exhibition. http://mmrs.co.uk/exhibition/

To be kept informed of developments as the Exhibition takes shape, join

our mailing list by emailing: [email protected]

Layouts are as follows;

Layout Name Scale/ Gauge Location Era Format

Arigna Town Ob36.75 Ireland 1950s Fiddle-terminus

Crimson Road OO Midlands 21st cent

Dewsbury Midland OO Yorkshire continuous run

Elcot Road P4 Croydon area 1988 fiddle-terminus

Forthtal 3.5mm Hoe (9mm) Germany/Austria Modern Fiddle to terminus

Grime Street 4mm tram Leeds 1948-54

Heatherly N England 2000-2016 Continuous run.

Kepier Colliery OO Durham 1960S Fiddle-works

Llantwyn OO9 Wales 1930s Continuos

Melton Mowbray (North) N Midlands 48-53 & 57-62 continuous run

Murfitt TT East Scotland

Museum of Transport OO/others England Present continuous

Northern Vale OO England 2015 Fiddle terminus

Portchllin P4 West Scotland 1974 fiddle-throughfiddle

Salmon Pastures OO Sheffield 1930s Fiddle to MPD

Seabury Town O (FS) England 1960s Fiddle -terminus

Shasta Z USA 1990s continuous

Sodor North Western OO Sodorish Continuous

The End of the Line O/On14 Forest of Dean 1960s Fiddle-terminus

The World's End OO Yorkshire Present day continuous run

Water Street Sidings O NE England 1910 Fiddle -terminus

Trade, Societies and more details to follow.