Releases - North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 June 2013
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway will be the grooviest way to get around on 15 & 16 June, when it adds music, merriment and even a museum at its stations along the line between Pickering and Whitby to help visitors really step back 50 years to the Swinging Sixties.

At the heart of NYMR’s celebrations will be live music performing at Levisham and Goathland Stations, both of...

Teddy Bears’ Picnic Week, 25 May to 2 June 2013
If you ride down on the train this May half term holiday (Saturday 25 May to Sunday 2 June 2013), you are sure of a big surprise, when the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) swaps tickets for cuddly toys during a week-long Teddy Bears’ Picnic!

Throughout the week, children taking their teddy bear along for a trip on the heritage railway will not have to buy a...

North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Railway in Wartime Tour
The roads may have flooded, but that hasn't stopped a team from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Railway in Wartime Tour from making their way around the region.  In fact, their stop off at Monks Cross Shopping Centre in York this morning (Wednesday 26 September 2012) was the driest stage of the tour so far, despite York being plagued by flooding...

Wednesday 26 September, 10.30am to 12 noon
York is set to get a taste of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) Railway in Wartime weekend on Wednesday 26 September (10.30am until 12 noon), when a scouting party direct from the 1940s makes a stop at the Monks Cross Shopping Centre during its ‘Enlistment Tour’!

The group is travelling around North Yorkshire and County Durham to let people know about the...

North Yorkshire Moors Railway ‘Footplate’ Packages 2012
Socks, ties and gardening equipment are all very well as gift ideas for Father’s Day, but for those wanting to spoil their dad with an extra special treat, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is offering the ultimate Father’s Day gift – the chance to drive a real steam engine!

NYMR offers three ‘Footplate’ packages, which give participants the change to be...

Avoid petrol pump chaos with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
It may be April Fool’s Day this weekend, but the huge queues at petrol stations are no joke, which is why the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is encouraging those heading to the Yorkshire Coast to travel by steam train this weekend, using its steam trains as a Park ‘n’ Ride service!

“Whenever the sun comes out, the roads get increasingly busy...

Fuel cost rises are not just affecting households and road users; the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has been hit by a doubling in coal costs over the last year, which has prompted a fundraising campaign for 2012 called ‘Cash for Coal’, launched today in Pickering.

The railway, which is a registered charity, uses around 2500 tonnes of coal each year to fuel its steam engines, which run on the 24 mile stretch between...