Heritage route
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Pickering → Whitby · England
One of the world’s busiest steam heritage lines, climbing Stephenson’s 1836 route over the moors to Goathland, Hogsmeade in the Harry Potter films.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: North Yorkshire Moors Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the North Yorkshire Moors Railway?
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway runs 39 km from Pickering to Whitby.
How long does the North Yorkshire Moors Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 39 km. That is an average of 20 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the North Yorkshire Moors Railway?
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, with heritage steam.
How old is the North Yorkshire Moors Railway?
The line has been in service since 1973. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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