VISITOR numbers to the National Rail Museum rose more than 100,000 in a year - thanks partly to free admission.
The York museum's annual review for 2001/2002 revealed that 587,862 people took in the sight and sounds of rail during the 12 months from April to March - an increase on the 485,785 visitors recorded during 2000/2001.
The year saw the introduction of free admission to the award-winning museum, based in Leeman Road, in December 2001.
The report also records that 1,635 items were added to the museum's computerised collections database and more than 20,000 photographs had been digitised and were available on on-screen databases.
A conservation programme to restore Britain's first 100mph steam locomotive, the City of Truro, in time for the centenary run next year was also making good progress.
The report also noted that the museum had been awarded £4.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to put towards the construction of its new collections centre at Shildon, in County Durham.
Updated: 10:58 Tuesday, April 01, 2003
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