The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is England’s most popular heritage railway, which runs through 29km (18 miles) of the North York Moors National Park between Pickering and Grosmont with its northern terminus at Whitby.
Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway route has featured in the TV show Heartbeat and also in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (as Hogsmeade station). Pickering Station featured in the 2016 Dad’s Army film.
Pickering train station only serves heritage trains on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Regular passenger trains do not stop here; however, you can access this rail line by taking regular trains to Grosmont and Whitby.
You have two options for travelling on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. You can either take a short trip (up to two stations) starting at £25 return or you can pay £49.50 for a Day Rover ticket that lets you ride the entire line all day. The short trip ticket is ideal for a day trip from Whitby to Goathland. For an additional 10% you can get a donation fare where the additional payment is donated to the charity that operates the railway and in return, you get a voucher valued at 15% of the value of your ticket that can be used in the station shops and tea rooms.
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway operates daily from 31 March to 2 November, although there are some winter services on weekends in December as well as Santa Specials that operate during the Christmas/New Year period, for most of the week before New Year’s Day and during February school holidays.
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