North Yorkshire Moors Railway
North Yorkshire Moors Railway |
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Three LNER Class A4 locomotives at Grosmont loco shed. |
Locale |
North Yorkshire |
Terminus |
Whitby and Pickering
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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
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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
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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 |
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
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