Yorkshire's Magnificent JourneyYORKSHIRE'S MAGNIFICENT JOURNEYDelivering our £10 million future vision 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Why Support Us Planning for the railway's future In 2017 the railway celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Preservation Society. Those pioneering members would be amazed at what has been achieved in the subsequent five decades; the world’s busiest heritage steam railway providing enjoyment for the members and staff who make it work, and the public who enjoy travelling by steam train. But we need to continually make improvements to ensure that we can keep running for the benefit of future generations. Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the European Union, our Local Enterprise Partnership and many kind supporters, we have already raised a majority of the £10 million we need to help secure the future of the railway. We just have just one final push left to raise the remaining £300,000. With your support, we are delivering the following activities as part of the Yorkshire's Magnificent Journey project: Project 1: Goathland Bridges AppealRenew and repair the worn-out iron bridges around Goathland, removing a threat to our continued operation. Project 2: Fuss-free Access CoachesProvide a Fuss-free access carriage in every train, with ramps, toilets and seating to easily accommodate all passengers mobility needs. Project 3: Caring for our historic carriagesConstruct a covered stable for up to 40 carriages at Pickering, reducing decay and easing maintenance of the fleet. Project 4: Goathland Interpretation and LearningBetter serve school groups and families with a dedicated education carriage at Goathland station. Project 5: Volunteering Development ProgrammeDevelop initiatives to recruit new generations of volunteers and create new accommodation near to the railway. Project 6: The Railway Apprenticeship SchemeBuild a railway apprenticeship scheme with training offered in Engineering, Countryside Worker and Railway Administration. Project 7: Lineside Conservation InitiativePlace a new emphasis on the care and management of the lineside by improving the awareness of conservation issues. How to donate: Set up a regular payment by direct debit. That way your donation/s is transferred safely and securely direct to the ‘Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey’ appeal account each month. Or make a one-off payment. Donate Manage Cookie Preferences