Spirit of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway Preservation Society today operates services along an 18 mile line between the village of Grosmont and the market town of Pickering, travelling through the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and some of the most dramatic scenery in Britain with its landscape of huge skies above the largest tract of heather moorland in England and Wales. On selected dates these services are extended a further 6 miles along the picturesque Esk Valley to the historic port of Whitby.

The line is a major tourist attraction carrying around 300,000 passengers a year and the olde worlde charm of the line’s country stations together with the remote unspoilt scenery has provided the locations for much film and television work. The hugely popular television series ‘Heartbeat’ and the blockbuster ‘Harry Potter’ motion pictures being just two examples.