Scurvy scalliwags, sprites and sorcerers - summer on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Story Trains, every Friday from 7 August to 4 September

Forget the Caribbean – if it is pirates that you are looking for this summer, your first stop should be Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, where the trains are set to be boarded by seafaring scoundrels this summer as part of its season of Story Trains, running every Friday from 7 August to 4 September.

“Bringing storybook characters on board our trains makes an already amazing journey through some of the most stunning countryside in Yorkshire even more fun and family friendly,” comments marketing manager, Danielle Ramsey.  “We’re very excited to be having fairies, pirates and Hogwarts alumni joining our dedicated Story Train carriages – summer Fridays will never be the same!”

The Story Train departs from Pickering Station each Friday at 10.00am, travelling the line between Pickering and Goathland with stops along the way for mischief and mayhem from the larger-than-life characters.  As the journey starts, so does the themed fun and games, whilst passengers are transported to Goathland – which has itself featured in a wide range of films and TV programmes, from standing in for Hogsmeade in the first Harry Potter film, to Heartbeat, and even in the music video for Holding Back The Years, by Simply Red.  With a break in the journey for lunch – either a picnic or to enjoy delicious fare from the local tavern – travellers return via Levisham for more fun and games, before arriving back in Pickering at 2.40pm.

Pirates will be hijacking the train on 7 and 28 August, whilst a much-missed headmaster from Hogwarts will be leading the magical adventure on 14 August.  One of his most famous students will apparate on the train on Friday 4 September, with the final Friday (21 August) seeing fairy magic take over the carriage.

“These story trains are fantastically popular, with younger passengers – and occasionally their parents – really getting on board with the theme, so we’re expecting eye patches, cutlasses, fairy wings and wands galore this summer, and we’ll be offering prizes for the best family fancy dress at the end of each journey, with a lucky family winning tickets for a return trip on the railway at a time of their choosing,” adds Danielle.

Places on the Story Train are limited, so pre-booking is strongly recommended.  Tickets cost £50 for a family (two adults and up to four children), or £19.00 for adults and £12.00 for children.  For more information, or to book, please visit www.nymr.co.uk

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PHOTOGRAPHS:  Images to accompany this story, including pictures of pirates, fairies and Hogwarts pupils can be found by following the links at the bottom of this email or online, for immediate download in hi-res formats, from http://news.cision.com/north-yorkshire-moors-railway

For further media information or photographs, please contact:

Jay Commins

Pyper York Limited

Tel:         01904 500698

Email:    jay@pyperyork.co.uk