Venue & Location
For those who have not visited Railex before, the whole exhibition is staged in the modern and fully disabled accessible Stoke Mandeville Stadium.
All exhibits are located within a massive 20,000 square foot sports hall - the size of twelve badminton courts! The hall also has the best lighting
you’re likely to find anywhere, meeting TV filming standards.
The massive hall allows some very large layouts to be exhibited, which many other exhibitions would be unable to accommodate and consequently are rarely seen.
We also invite a selection of smaller and medium sized layouts demonstrating what can be achieved in a more modest space. We pride ourselves that all the layouts
displayed are of the very highest quality and are invited on this merit alone. We ensure there are wide aisles providing easy access to all areas of the exhibition,
allowing a relaxed atmosphere to view layouts, or to speak with traders and demonstrators.
Height of Layouts
Although Stoke Mandeville Stadium has been designed as a fully accessible venue, primarily for the use of disabled sports persons; the height of each layout varies and is dependent on the builder.
Consequently some layouts may not be at an optimum viewing height for those in wheelchairs or mobility scooters, or for young children.
We think the following two solutions that we’ve recently seen in use at exhibitions might be helpful to some visitors: a Periscope, if you have one; or Small Step-Up, for children to stand on
(this must be suitable for the purpose and the use supervised by the accompanying parent/adult at all times).
Lockers
The Stadium has lockers that may be used to store rucksacks, coats, motor bike helmets, etc., to save them being carried around the exhibition. These are located along the changing
room corridor and require a £1 coin deposit, which is refunded after use.
Tickets
The following entry tickets will be available:
Adult – those over 18 years of age.
Child/Concession – available to children under 18 years of age, students in full time education (on production of student card), unemployed (those receiving state unemployment benefit, on production of evidence),
disabled person (plus one accompanying carer admitted free). On Sunday only, up to two children under 18 years of age will be admitted free when accompanied by an Adult.
Family – covers two adults and up to two children.
Prices will be advised closer to the exhibition.
Advance Tickets
We shall again offer advanced tickets providing a discount over the standard door entry prices by postal application prior to the event; details will be available from March 2012.
On the Day Tickets
Tickets can be purchased on the day at the Stadium’s main reception desk, from up to 45 minutes before the exhibition opening time. Both the café and seated viewing gallery, in the main hall,
will be available for visitors who wish to relax prior to the exhibition opening.
Refreshments
Refreshments and hot meals will be available throughout most of the day from the café in the Stadium foyer. Sandwiches, other light snacks and alcoholic beverages may also be available from the bowls bar,
if open, located in the building adjacent to the main hall (accessible from reception, through the far doors by the fitness machines). The bar is spacious and provides a quiet haven, away from the main
café and exhibition area, to relax in.
Directions to the Exhibition
Stoke Mandeville Stadium is located just one and a half miles from Aylesbury town centre
and situated directly behind Stoke Mandeville Hospital (both the hospital and stadium
are within the town of Aylesbury).
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Free Vintage Bus Service
We will be providing a free bus service from Aylesbury railway station direct to Railex and return every hour
during both Saturday and Sunday. The service will start half an hour before Railex opens and the last bus will depart
Stoke Mandeville Stadium a few minutes after the show closes each day.
The bus service will be run by a vintage routemaster bus, a London County green one. Click Here to see Photo of the Green Route Master
As a again with Railex 2012 we are to providing the service from the Railway station carpark.
See our Railex 2012 Vintage Bus Timetable for the bus times between Railex and Aylesbury railway station.
For those one cannot make the Free Vintage Bus service (Saturdays only), may we suggest the No 50 bus route as indicated below in our "By Bus from Aylesbury Bus Station/Town Centre" section.
Car Parking
Limited Free parking for Railex visitors is available at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in marked bays.
We would like recommend that visitors may like to use the town centre car parks and use the free and excellently restored Routemaster bus from the railway station to Railex that runs every hour.
Car parks in Aylesbury are free on Sunday and we recommend the long stay Friarscroft (588 places) car park close to the station which is £3 for all day on Saturday and free on Sunday detail on all town centre car
parks can be found here.
The roads around the stadium car parks are residential and although have no parking restrictions should you park there we would like to keep our neighbours happy so please abide with all road parking
regulations, park safely and keep all access areas and driveways clear.
Stoke Mandeville Hospital car parks that are located close to Railex are chargeable but at the weekends generally tend to be quiet. Charges are: 2 - 3 hours: £4.50 and 3 - 8 hours: £6.00.
See their website for full details.
Access from the hospital is next to the Cancer Care Unit, just follow the road from the pay & display carparks.
Directions to Stadium Car Park HP21 9PP
Follow road signs to Aylesbury then pick up signs for Stoke Mandeville Hospital (these are clearly marked from all major routes).
Stoke Mandeville Stadium & Olympic Lodge are sign posted close to the hospital
with brown signs, turn off the B4443 into Harvey road (by the Co-op and High Tide fish and chips shops)
and follow the road through the housing estate for approx ¼ a mile until reaching the stadium entrance. If using the stadium car park, please abide the rules and do not
park in the disabled parking bays unless you are entitled to.
By Train
The area is served by a fast, frequent Chiltern Railways service to and from London Marylebone. If travelling from the south alight at Aylesbury (not Stoke Mandeveille) and then proceed
by free vintage bus to Railex in the station carpark.
If travelling from the north Birmingham Snow Hill or Banbury change at Princes Risborough or catch a 280 bus from Haddenham station to Aylesbury Bus Station.
Taxis are available from the station forecourt to the stadium a single fare should be around £3-£4,
although buses run from the adjacent bus station.
By Bus from Aylesbury Bus Station/Town Centre
Buses from Aylesbury bus station to Railex are available on many frequent bus routes, details below.
We recommend the 50 services, as this is the most direct and quickest bus service from Aylesbury Bus
station (Town Centre) to Railex and return, but is only available on the Saturday. Bus timetables and
futher information can be found at the Rainbowroutes website.
Route 50 (Saturdays only) From Aylesbury Bus Station Bay 3
Click Here for 50 Bus Route and Timetable.
You need to ask for Elm Farm Shops this is less than a five-minute walk from the bus stop under the
railway directly into the stadium and Railex, and avoids any part of the hospital grounds completely.
This is only an eight-minute bus trip from the bus station to Elm Farm bus stop. We will clearly sign post from bus stop to Railex.
Buses depart Aylesbury bus station at 10 minutes and 40 minutes past each hour and arrive at Elm Farm shops
at 17 minutes and 47 minutes past each hour. Return service is 24 minutes and 54 minutes past each hour.
Route 300 (Saturday & Sunday) Aylesbury Bus Station Bay 6
Click Here for 300 Bus Route and Timetable.
Depart Aylesbury bus station at 15, 35 and 55 minutes past each hour and arrive at
Stoke Mandeville hospital Entrance 4 at 21, 41 and 1 minutes past each hour. Return
service departs Stoke Mandeville hospital Entrance 4 at 15, 35 and 55 minutes past each hour, then at 17:37, 17:58.
Sunday service is hourly with the service departing Aylesbury bus station at 5 minutes past each hour.
Return service leaves at 46 minutes past the hour.
Route 65 Aylesbury Bus Station Bay 6 (Saturdays only)
This service runs direct to the Stadium/Guttman Road leaving Aylesbury bus station at 10.22, 12.22 & 14,22 arriving
at the stadium at 10.28, 12.28 & 14.28
Return times leave the Stadium/Guttman Road at 10.35, 12.35 & 14.35