Editing North Yorkshire Moors Railway (section)

==Overview==
The NYMR carries more passengers than any other heritage railway in the UK and may be the busiest steam heritage line in the world, carrying 355,000 passengers in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| title=End of the line for Philip after 12 glorious years on the railway| url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/end-of-the-line-for-philip-after-12-glorious-years-on-the-railway-1-7542848| work=Whitby Gazette| access-date=30 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030132646/http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/end-of-the-line-for-philip-after-12-glorious-years-on-the-railway-1-7542848| archive-date=30 October 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref> The {{convert|18|mi|km|adj=on}}<ref name=NYMRAboutUs>{{cite web| title=About Us| url=http://www.nymr.co.uk/information/about-us/| website=North Yorkshire Moors Railway| access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> railway is the third-longest standard gauge heritage line in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Behrens |first1=David |title=Across the moors to Whitby, a revamp for a classic rail route |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/our-region/north-yorkshire-moors-and-coast/across-the-moors-to-whitby-a-revamp-for-a-classic-rail-route-1-8415413 |access-date=2 May 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=1 March 2017}}</ref> after the [[West Somerset Railway]] ({{convert|22.75|mi|km}}) and the [[Wensleydale Railway]] ({{convert|22|mi|km}}),<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Brailsford |editor1-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams Book 2: Eastern |date=2016 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-8-1 |edition=4|at=20D}}</ref> and runs across the [[North York Moors National Park|North York Moors]] from [[Pickering, North Yorkshire|Pickering]] via [[Levisham]], [[Newton Dale]], [[Goathland]] and terminating at [[Grosmont, North Yorkshire|Grosmont]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Winn |first1=Christopher |title=I never knew that about Yorkshire |date=2010 |publisher=Ebury |location=London |isbn=978-0-09-193313-5 |page=92}}</ref>
[[File:North Yorkshire Moors Railway 61002.jpg|thumb|North Yorkshire Moors Railway north of Goathland]]
Some heritage rail operations continue along the Network Rail tracks to [[Whitby]]. The railway is formed from the middle section of the former Whitby, Pickering and Malton Line, which was closed in 1965 as part of the [[Beeching Axe|Beeching]] cuts.{{sfn|Suggitt|2007|p=89}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoole |first1=Ken |title=A regional history of the railways of Great Britain. Vol. 4, North East England |date=1974 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-6439-1 |page=92 |edition=2}}</ref>

The NYMR is owned by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust Ltd, a [[Charitable trusts in English law|charitable trust]] and accredited museum, and is operated by its wholly owned subsidiary North Yorkshire Moors Railway Enterprises plc. It is mostly operated and staffed by volunteers.<ref>{{cite news |title=£5m grant for heritage steam railway |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-40861785 |access-date=2 May 2019 |work=BBC News |date=8 August 2017}}</ref>

During most years, the trains run daily from the beginning of April to the end of October, and on weekends and selected holidays during the winter, with no service from 24 to 27 December. Services are mostly [[locomotive|steam-hauled]]; however, heritage [[locomotive|diesel]] power is sometimes used. At the height of the running timetable, trains depart hourly from each station. As well as the normal passenger running, there are dining services on some evenings and weekends. The extension of steam operated services to the seaside town of [[Whitby]] has proved popular.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Devereux |first1=Nigel |title=Moors' heart as a new beat |url=https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/from-our-archives-moors-heart-as-a-new-beat/ |website=railwaymagazine.co.uk |access-date=24 March 2019 |date=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Railway's seaside steam services secure |url=https://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/transport/railway-s-seaside-steam-services-secure-1-5770683 |access-date=24 March 2019 |work=The Whitby Gazette |date=16 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324205303/https://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/transport/railway-s-seaside-steam-services-secure-1-5770683 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>