Pub within spitting distance of Chelmsford rail station, a wide selection of ales at both ends of the bar, the lounge areas are decorated loosely in the style of old railway carriages, with historic insignia. There is a pleasant outside area, running the length of the pub buildings.

Friendly pub, clean and had a community feel to it. No stouts or porters at the moment, but that's just a temporary thing the staff member said, but there was a decent mild. Comfortable and welcoming, would recommend.

We popped into the Railway Tavern to have one for the road about 30 mins before closing time. My boyfriend accidentally knocked over his just poured pint of beer over the barman and we could see that the barman was a bit upset about that. We offered to buy him a drink and pay for any cleaning. He politely declined both and adding that he had to drive home. He poured another pint for my boyfriend and didn't charge for the spilt beer which we were very grateful for. It came to chucking out time and we finished our drinks. On our way out, my boyfriend once again offered the barman who had originally served us when we arrived a drink and a cleaning fee, and another barman who we assume might have been the manager piped up and told us to "hurry up and get out and you're not welcome here", to which I responded "wow that's rude". The barman then said "you're not welcome, don't come back". I've no idea what we have done to offend them, but he was very aggressive with his comments. I could understand it if we had done something wrong and we knew we had upset the barman over the spilt beer, but apologises were made at the time and an offer of a drink or cleaning fee was made and it was declined. Therefore it didn't warrant the rudeness we had when we left the pub. We have been going down there on and off for about six years, and we have never experienced this kind of hostility. Dreadful staff and the owners of the Railway Tavern need to replace them ASAP!