The Midland Railway Workshops Interpretive Centre is a partnership between the Midland Redevelopment Authority and Rail Heritage WA, a group dedicated to preserving the State’s rail history.

The Interpretive Centre is the restored and refurbished former Time Keeper’s office at the entrance to the Workshops site, part of the Midland urban renewal project.

The centre is fitted out with audio-visual and other materials collected by the Midland Railway Workshops History Project. It was partly funded by the WA Government in 2004 to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the State’s foundation and the centenary of the Workshops, ten years after the site’s closure.

The centre holds special appeal as an educational experience for students, and offers historians, rail enthusiasts and other visitors comprehensive insights into a unique heritage site with a fascinating social history. It brings back the voices of the workers to the site and is dedicated to all who worked there from 1904 to 1994 and their families.

Entry is by gold coin donation.

Midland Railway Workshops Interpretive Centre's Entrance