Editing North Yorkshire (section)

===Rail===
{{see also|Station usage in North Yorkshire}}
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The [[East Coast Main Line]] (ECML) bisects the county stopping at {{rws|Northallerton}},{{rws|Thirsk}} and {{rws|York}}. Passenger service companies in the area are [[London North Eastern Railway]], [[Northern Rail]], [[TransPennine Express]] and [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]].

LNER and Grand Central operate services to the capital on the ECML, Leeds Branch Line and the [[Northallerton–Eaglescliffe Line]]. LNER stop at York, Northallerton and on to County Durham or spur over to the [[Tees Valley Line]] for {{rws|Thornaby}} and {{rws|Middlesbrough}}. The operator also branch before the county for Leeds and run to {{rws|Harrogate}} and {{rws|Skipton}}. Grand Central stop at York, {{rws|Thirsk}} Northallerton and Eaglescliffe then over to the [[Durham Coast Line]] in County Durham.

[[Northern Trains|Northern]] operates the remaining lines in the county, including commuter services on the [[Harrogate Line]], [[Airedale Line]] and York & Selby Lines, of which the former two are covered by the [[West Yorkshire Metro|Metro]] ticketing area. Remaining branch lines operated by Northern include the [[Yorkshire Coast Line]] from Scarborough to Hull, [[York–Scarborough line]] via {{rws|Malton}}, the [[Hull to York Line]] via [[Selby railway station|Selby]], the Tees Valley Line from {{rws|Darlington}} to {{rws|Saltburn}} via Middlesbrough and the [[Esk Valley Line]] from Middlesbrough to {{rws|Whitby}}. Last but certainly not least, the [[Settle-Carlisle Line]] runs through the west of the county, with services again operated by Northern.
[[File:North yorkshire moors railway map.gif|thumb|Current and former railway routes in eastern North Yorkshire]]

The county suffered badly under the [[Beeching cuts]] of the 1960s. Places such as {{rws|Richmond|North Yorkshire}}, {{rws|Ripon}}, {{rws|Tadcaster}}, {{rws|Helmsley}}, {{rws|Pickering}} and the [[Wensleydale]] communities lost their passenger services. Notable lines closed were the [[Scarborough and Whitby Railway]], [[Malton and Driffield Railway]] and the secondary main line between Northallerton and Harrogate via Ripon.

Heritage railways within North Yorkshire include: the [[North Yorkshire Moors Railway]], between {{rws|Pickering}} and {{rws|Grosmont}}, which opened in 1973; the [[Derwent Valley Light Railway]] near York; and the [[Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway]]. The [[Wensleydale Railway]], which started operating in 2003, runs services between {{rws|Leeming Bar}} and {{rws|Redmire}} along a former freight-only line. The medium-term aim is to operate into Northallerton station on the ECML, once an agreement can be reached with [[Network Rail]]. In the longer term, the aim is to reinstate the full line west via {{rws|Hawes}} to {{rws|Garsdale}} on the Settle-Carlisle line.

[[York railway station]] is the largest station in the county, with 11 platforms and is a major tourist attraction in its own right. The station is immediately adjacent to the [[National Railway Museum]].