The National Lottery has awarded the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with £4.6 million.

This will go towards a £9.2 million Sustainability Project aiming to secure the future of the Yorkshire line.

£4.6M must be matched in order to deliver the programme.

Member anticipation to secure more grants means the NYMR needs to raise an approximate £2.6m from passengers and the public over the next five years.

Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey

This journey has an aim, the aim is to boost investment in the infrastructure and the activities of the line to ensure that it can operate for the next 50 years.

Elements of the journey include:

• • Renew and iron bridges around Goathland (removes the threat to continued operation)(approx. £2.67M)
  • Provide an accessible carriage for every train – including ramps, loos and seating for all passengers, regardless of their mobility. (approx. £770k).
  • Construct a shed for up to 40 carriages at Pickering – making it easier for cleaning and maintenance (approx. £4.16M).

North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Trust Chairman, John Bailey, said “Fifty years ago our founders had the vision and determination to re-open the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Today we face a challenge of similar scale. We are extremely grateful for the support from the National Lottery.  With its backing, we can plan confidently both the implementation of essential projects and our appeal for the balance of funds required. This should ensure that fifty years hence, people will still be learning from and enjoying the experience of steam across the Moors.”

Sir Peter Luff, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said “The North Yorkshire Moors Railway travels through some of the country’s most impressive and beautiful landscape. We are hugely supportive of this project which will preserve the heritage of the line, allow people to enjoy the wonderful journey it provides and engage new groups in its management and conservation.  We are grateful to National Lottery players for helping raise this substantial sum of money and we hope many will come to Yorkshire to experience one of the world’s leading heritage railways.”

• • • Visit the NYMR Website
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