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North Yorkshire Moors Railway

North Yorkshire Moors Railway
A4s 20080404 NYMR 040a.jpg
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 12 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 12 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
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Whitby
Bog Hall Junction
Larpool Viaduct- over River Esk
Ruswarp
Sleights
Grosmont National Rail
Esk Valley Line
Grosmont Tunnel (144 yards)

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