North York Moors Railway
| North Yorkshire Moors Railway | |
|---|---|
Three LNER Class A4 locomotives at Grosmont loco shed.
|
|
| Locale | North Yorkshire |
| Terminus | Whitby and Pickering |
| Connections | Network Rail (at Grosmont) |
| Commercial operations | |
| Name | North Eastern Railway |
| Built by | George Stephenson |
| Original gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Preserved operations | |
| Operated by | North Yorkshire Moors Railway Enterprises Plc |
| Stations | 6 |
| Length | 18 miles (29 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Commercial history | |
| Opened | 1836 |
| Closed | 1965 |
| Preservation history | |
| 1967 | NYMR Preservation Society formed |
| 1 May 1973 | NYMR reopened |
| 1975 | Pickering re-opened officially |
| 1981 | Newton Dale halt opened to the Public |
| 2007 | Services extended (via National Network metals) to Whitby |
| 2012 | Pickering railway station re-roofed (station roof re-instated) for the first time in 60 years. |
| Headquarters | Pickering, North Yorkshire |
| Website | |
| www.nymr.co.uk | |
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England running through the North York Moors National Park. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by George Stephenson as a means of opening up trade routes inland from the then important seaport of Whitby. The line closed in 1965 and was reopened in 1973 by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Ltd. The preserved line is now a significant tourist attraction and has been awarded many industry accolades.
The NYMR carries more passengers than any other heritage railway in the UK and may be the busiest steam heritage line in the world, carrying 355,000 passengers in 2010. The 18-mile (29 km) railway is the third-longest standard gauge heritage line in the United Kingdom, after the West Somerset Railway (22.75 miles (36.61 km)) and the Wensleydale Railway (22 miles (35 km)), and runs across the North York Moors from Pickering via Levisham, Newton Dale, Goathland and terminating at Grosmont.
Some heritage rail operations continue along Network Rail tracks to Whitby. The railway is formed from the middle section of the former Whitby, Pickering and Malton Line which was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts.
The NYMR is owned by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Ltd (a Charitable Trust and Accredited Museum) and is operated by its wholly owned subsidiary North Yorkshire Moors Railway Enterprises Plc. It is mostly operated and staffed by volunteers.
...
Wikipedia