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==Stations== {{GeoGroup|section=Stations}} {{PoIgb start|type=collapsed}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Pickering}}|54.2471|-0.7785|| | |name=Pickering Station}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Levisham}}|54.3082|-0.7443|| | |name=Levisham Station}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Newton Dale Halt}}|54.3424|-0.7176|| | |name=Newton Dale Halt}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Goathland}}|54.400|-0.712|| | |name=Goathland Station}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Grosmont}}|54.4360|-0.7250|| | |name=Grosmont Station}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Grosmont}} (Network Rail)|54.4364|-0.7254| |NYMR trains do not use platform 1| |name=Grosmont Station (Network Rail)}} {{PoIgb|{{stnlnk|Whitby}} (Network Rail)|54.4849|-0.6152| |NYMR trains run over Network Rail tracks to Whitby | |name=Whitby Station (Network Rail)}} {{PoIgb end}} [[File:North yorkshire moors railway map.gif|thumb|North Yorkshire Moors Railway and surrounding lines]] *[[Pickering railway station|Pickering]] is the southern terminus of the railway and serves the market town of that name. The station has been restored to its 1937 condition with help from the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nymr.co.uk/pickering-station-trail| title=Pickering Station Trail| website=North York Moors Historical Railway Trust β NYMR| access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> Original fixtures and fittings have been installed in the booking office and parcels office, as well as in the tea room. A park-and-ride service is provided to keep traffic out of the town during busy periods. The station is home to the railway's carriage workshops, and there is also a [[turntable (railroad)|turntable]]. Originally Pickering station had an overall roof designed by the architect [[George Townsend Andrews|G. T. Andrews]]. This roof was removed by [[British Railways]] in 1952 due to corrosion. A replacement roof was fitted to the station between January and April 2011, as part of the NYMR's Train of Thought project.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thetrainofthought.co.uk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914092434/http://www.thetrainofthought.co.uk/| archive-date=14 September 2009| title=The Train of Thought| access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> Other work includes a learning centre and a visitor centre behind the down platform. Originally, the line continued south of Pickering to join the [[Malton, North Yorkshire|Malton]] to [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] Line at [[Rillington railway station|Rillington Junction]] but this track has since been lifted with the last trip to Malton running on 1 July 1966, the day the freight services were withdrawn.{{sfn|Suggitt|2007|p=89}} *Farwath railway station (or Farworth)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jowett |first1=Alan |title=Jowett's nationalised railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland| date=2000 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-99-0| at=35}}</ref> was a small railway halt located between Pickering and Levisham; however, the halt was subsequently closed and demolished. Railway-built cottages still exist in this location. There is some doubt as to whether or not there were actually any station buildings here. There was a signal box, which closed when the line was singled between Levisham and Pickering in the First World War. Additionally, there was a public delivery siding, but mapping from 1913 does not list Farworth as being a station, though it does show a gravel siding.{{sfn|Bairstow|2008|p=107}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cobb |first1=M. H. |title=The railways of Great Britain: a historical atlas at the scale of 1 inch to 1 mile |date=2003 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-3003-0 |page=426}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Railway Clearing House handbook of railway stations, 1904. |date=1970 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-5120-6 |page=197 |edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Benham |first1=Phillip |title=An illustrated history of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway |date=2008 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Hersham |isbn=978-0-86093-622-0 |pages=22, 23, 110}}</ref> *[[Levisham railway station|Levisham]] is a small countryside station set in the Newton Dale valley. The location of the station is notable, as it is nearly {{convert|2|mile|spell=in}} from the village which it serves, and whose name it takes. The area is used for walking and a variety of [[wildlife]] and [[flowers]] can be found within a short distance of the station.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bagshaw |first1=Mike |title=Go slow Yorkshire dales & moors : local, characterful guides to Britain's special places |date=2010 |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |location=Chalfont-St-Peter |isbn=978-1-84162-323-8 |pages=192β193 |edition=1st}}</ref> Levisham Station has been renovated and preserved to represent a small [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|NER]] country station, {{circa|1912}}. The station has a traditional [[camping coach]], which is let for holidays. Since 2007, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's artist in residence, Christopher Ware, has used a studio at the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exploring a bigger picture |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/exploring-a-bigger-picture-1-9562743 |access-date=24 March 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=29 January 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Holland|Spaven|2015|p=178}} *[[Newton Dale Halt railway station|Newton Dale Halt]] is a remote walkers' request stop in Cropton Forest. There are forest walks of varying lengths.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Beadle| first1=Brian| title=Let the train take the strain on moors walk| url=http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/leisure/countrywalks/4418074.Let_the_train_take_the_strain_on_moors_walk/| access-date=24 March 2019| work=Gazette & Herald| date=4 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Newtondale: North York Moors National Park| url=http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/enjoy-outdoors/walking/our-walks/walking-routes/newtondale| website=North York Moors National Park| access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref> [[File:Goathland station.jpg|thumb|BR 76079 arrives in [[Goathland]] station]] *[[Goathland railway station|Goathland]] is almost unchanged since its construction in 1865. The station has been restored to represent an NER country station post-First World War, {{circa|1922}}. The station is popular with tourists due to its appearances in Yorkshire TV's ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' and the first of the ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' films (see below). The station has a newly refurbished tea room which is inside a goods warehouse. The station also has a traditional [[camping coach]], which is let for holidays. *[[Grosmont railway station|Grosmont]] was the railway's permanent northern terminus until 2007, when trains began operating into Whitby on a regular basis. The locomotive sheds are situated here, just south of the tunnel through which trains run en route to Goathland and beyond. The station itself has been restored to the [[British Railways]] style {{circa|1952}}. It has full facilities including a shop, cafΓ© serving cooked meals, toilets including disabled, a ticket office and a waiting room. The shed area has facilities to provide water and coal for the engines, as well as stabling. The running shed is usually open to public access at one end, where stationary engines can be viewed. These are usually either operational but not in service that day, or undergoing light repair work. Also open to the public is the deviation shed which houses locomotives and stock owned by NELPG as well as a small display about the history of the organisation. A number of other sheds not available for public access are used for the maintenance and overhaul of the engines. At Grosmont, the line connects with the [[Network Rail]] operated [[Esk Valley Line]], where passengers may change trains to travel to the coast at [[Whitby]], or inland to [[Middlesbrough]] and the rest of the national network. Thus, platform one of the station is served by Northern Rail services, whilst platforms two, three and four are used by the NYMR. *[[Whitby railway station|Whitby]] is, on many operating days, the railway's northern terminus. All but two of the various timetables see steam trains operating through from Pickering, including daily throughout July and August except on Sundays. When NYMR trains terminate at Grosmont rather than Whitby at off-peak times, connecting trains with Northern Rail are usually available at Grosmont, allowing passengers to begin their journey at Whitby and board a steam-hauled train at Grosmont through to Goathland or Pickering. Facilities available at Whitby station include ticket office and shop. National Rail tickets and Railcards are also available to purchase. In August 2014 a second platform was opened at the station to cater for the NYMR's trains.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-28817679| title=North Yorkshire Moors Railway's new platform opens| date=16 August 2014| access-date=17 August 2014| publisher=BBC| work=BBC News}}</ref>
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