The Railway Tavern, Richmond

A Nicholson's pub close to the station, done out inside rather typically of the chain with a fair amount of dark woodwork throughout the interconnected rambling interior.I counted eleven pumps in total, I didn't note down all the beers but among the ones I did were Thornbridge Wild Holly,Bad Company Whiter Shade Of Pale,Doom Bar, Moorhouse Special Reserve and a particularly fine Phoenix Cafe from Brains Craft Brewery ,a rather gorgeous Coffee Porter. A good pub.

Big improvement from whence I was last in here.Absolutely mobbed with rugby fans.Great range of cask beers.Redemption -sunshine was as usual from this brewer very good.

Nicholson's pub with quite a quirky shaped interior serving 11 real ales.

As is usually the case with Nicholson pubs, there were a number of ales available here - Doom Bar; Tiny Rebel One Inch Punch (a very hoppy and bitter American Pale Ale); Nicholson's Pale Ale of course (brewed by St Austell); Truman's Runner (£3.65 a pint); Liverpool Craft Beer Co Quokka; Sambrook Speakeasy Pale Ale; and Bragdy Conwy Beachcomber Blond (£3.55 a pint). They do a weekday lunch deal which gives a burger or sandwich for £9 - £10, with a drink that includes a pint of Doom Bar or Nicholson's Pale Ale. As the beef sarny I wanted was £7.95 on its own, it made sense to pay the extra £1.05 for a pint of the pale ale. The Truman's Runner, Nicholson's PA, Beachcomber Blond, and One Inch Punch that I had were all in excellent nick. One of our group had downloaded the "app" for various discounts, which seemed to work OK with us getting 25p per pint discount. This is clearly a large old Victorian pub. It's understandably fairly corporate in here now. There are loads of those solid butcher's block tall tables/tall stools along the front by the window, and a few normal tables and chairs along the sides, but the majority of the standard seating is reserved for the large dining room at the back on the right. The walls are mainly painted that greenish/indigo colour (the colour probably has a poncy name but I don't know it); some pop music was playing not too loudly, and some books on brewing plus pewter tankards, old bottles of beer and the like, were in a shelving unit near where we were sitting. But the most interesting thing for me was the plan on one of the walls detailing the fitting that was undertaken in the 1890s. It is hard to imagine it, but along the main road frontage there once was a shop (off-sales presumably), a vestibule, a saloon bar, a public bar, and a private bar. None of them remain now of course, except the old billiards room, complete with skylight, is now the dining room. The ale selection's very good in here, and at the reasonable prices you expect from the Nicholson branding. But otherwise it's typical Nicholson's, although undoubtedly a quantum improvement on its O'Neill's days. It's a shame there are no heritage features remaining, but it's definitely worth a visit if you find yourself in Richmond.

The good ol' Railway Tavern is still serving short measured pints, with an inch of froth/bubbles on top of your pint. Unless you ask otherwise. So I don't go in there as much these days, I get fed up asking..! :o(