Yorkshire's Magnificent JourneyYORKSHIRE'S MAGNIFICENT JOURNEYWe've delivered our £10 million future vision Yorkshire's Magnificent Journey was 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 delivered 7 big initiative. - all focused on keeping us moving for the next 50 years The project concludes in July 2024 and you can find out more below about each of the unique projects and what we’ve achieved. First we'd like to say a huge thank you to the many organisations and individuals who helped bring the vision to reality, including all of you who gave donations and our key funder, the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Bridge Renewals 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 Fuss Free Access We’ve launched Fuss Free Access improvements to make our railway 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 Carriage Stable 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 Goathland Learning & Interpretation We 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 Volunteer Development 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 Apprentices We launched a new apprenticeship scheme to help young people gain the skills they need for a future in heritage railways. Apprentices work alongside our staff in engineering and lineside conservation. Find Out More Lineside Conservation 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 Sign Up for Fundraising News YMJ Home News Meet the Champions Delivering a £9.2million project is no mean feat, and will require one of the greatest team efforts ever witnessed on the NYMR. Perhaps the most important member of that team is you, our loyal supporters, as without your financial support Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey will remain a dream. 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 and/or leader, whose job it will be to deliver what we promise and help guarantee the long-term sustainability of the railway. Heritage Lottery Fund Executive Group Andrew Scott - Trust Vice Chairman Nick Stringer - YMJ Champion Jim Dedicoat - PLC Director David Naylor - PLC Director Chris Price - General Manager Carole Hardwick - YMJ Appeal Coordinator John Bailey - Trust Chairman Goathland Bridges Nigel Trotter Roger Bastin Fuss-Free Access Coaches Chris Dickerson Kieran Murray Goathland Learning Coach Jennifer Halmshaw Helena Fox Carriage Stable David Pennock John Ives Neil Clarke Volunteer Accommodation Simon Barraclough Andrew Bullivant Carole Hardwick Apprentice Programme John Bailey Roger Swift Bryan Orange Volunteer Development John Bruce Carole Hardwick Lineside Management Nigel Trotter Chris Price Marketing Laura Strangeway Your support and generosity can help us achieve our goal, Yorkshire's Magnificent Journey! Donate Manage Cookie Preferences