York trip and Railway museum

Last weekend, as the grand finale to our induction week activities, students visited the historic city of York and took a trip to the National Railway Museum, the largest railway museum in the world.

The city of York is one of England's oldest and most beautiful cities, and is a mere 1 hour 45 minutes drive from us in Preston. 

York is famous for it's medieval city walls which were built nearly 2000 years ago and still in excellent condition, and York Minster; one of the world's most magnificent cathedrals.  There are a number of great, historic attractions to be seen around the city and our students enjoyed a walk around the city centre for sightseeing and shopping in the busy shopping area.

After lunch students went to the National Railway Museum, a free museum housing a number of trains and engines up to 300 years old, including the locomotive, the Flying Scotsman, and many trains from around the world. 

Our students were lucky enough to see engineers working on the Flying Scotsman as part of it's restoration project and Yohei Yasui, a Japenese student, was excited to see Japan's famous Bullet train which is one of the world's fastest trains and also the world's most punctual train.

In college we are already looking forward to our next trip..., to the home of Manchester United Football Team; Old Trafford Stadium.