Railway Conservation. Run by Volunteers. Not for Profit.
Yorkshire's Magnificent Journey is our £10 million project to ensure that future generations can continue to enjoy our 180 year old railway for decades to come. Over the past 5 years we’ve been busy delivering 7 unique initiatives. The project concludes in 2024 and you can find out more below about what we’ve already achieved and what’s still to come.
We’ve replaced three crucial bridges along our railway to ensure that we can keep the trains running well into the future. The new bridges have replaced ones that were over 150 years old and starting to show their age. Find Out More
We’ve made improvements to help ensure that our site is as accessible as possible for all to enjoy and feel included. This includes new specially adapted accessible carriages, enhanced signage and accessible maps. Find Out More
We have built a new £4 million carriage stable at Pickering to provide better care for our historic carriages. The new facility provides covered storage for up to 40 carriages and is making our work to care for and maintain the collection much easier. Find Out More
We are busy developing our learning programmes and have launched a fresh new programme of activities to engage young people with the railway. We have transformed the former pigeon van at Goathland into a new learning coach and have launched a new app. Find Out More
We have invested in volunteering including creating new volunteer opportunities across our departments and providing training and support to help volunteer development. We have also created the Outstation at Stape - a residential centre providing high quality volunteer accommodation. Find Out More
Our new apprenticeship scheme is helping young people gain the skills they need for a future in heritage railways. Our apprentices are working alongside our staff in engineering and lineside conservation. Find Out More
Our lineside conservation project is helping to care for the land either side of our railway tracks. Our conservation work includes habitat surveys, practical conservation tasks and the creation of educational resources to help our visitors understand more about wildlife and conservation. Find Out More
Bright sparks, Finn Allen and James Woodland, have joined NYMR as mechanical engineering apprentices, thanks to grants from The National Lottery Heritage Fund Read more
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is working together with the North York Moors National Park to offer fantastic apprenticeship opportunities thanks to the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Read more
With so many facets to the project, we have assembled a team who will turn this grand plan of ours into a reality. Each element of the project has a dedicated work group whose job it will be to deliver the project! Read more
National Lottery funding safeguards the future of world-famous visitor attraction and popular movie location, North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Read more
Paul Middleton, Head of Traction & Rolling Stock has a vested interest in ensuring that the YMJ Appeal is a major success, read to find out why. Read more