Editing North Yorkshire Moors Railway (section)

==Future and possibility of expansion==
The possibility of reopening the missing {{convert|8|mile|km|adj=on}} section between Malton via [[Rillington railway station|Rillington Junction]] (on the York – Malton – Scarborough Line) and Pickering has often been discussed. It is included in a list of rail lines, where campaigns exist for reopening, issued by the [[Campaign for Better Transport (United Kingdom)|Campaign for Better Transport]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/re-opening-rail-lines |title=Re-opening rail lines |website=Campaign For Better Transport |access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first=Rhys| last=Howell |date=12 September 2014| url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/campaign-aims-to-restore-rail-link-1-6838481 |url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210111056/http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/campaign-aims-to-restore-rail-link-1-6838481| archive-date=10 December 2014| title=Campaign aims to restore rail link| newspaper=Whitby Gazette| access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref>

This might allow the running of steam services from York to Whitby again. To achieve this would require considerable engineering work, as the former trackbed has been built upon with houses and a supermarket.<ref>{{cite news |title=Link would endanger historic railway |url=https://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/business/link-would-endanger-historic-railway-1-5212230 | url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629210307/https://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/business/link-would-endanger-historic-railway-1-5212230| archive-date=29 June 2019| access-date=29 June 2019 |work=The Whitby Gazette |date=12 December 2012}}</ref>

Reinstating this missing rail link was adopted as a policy objective by the [[North Yorkshire County Council]] some years ago; the NYMHRT board agreed to support this policy in principle, whilst having reservations about its implementation as they believed the necessary upgrade works were costly and that it would harm their business stating that they had concerns about "the effect on the railway".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Catton |first1=Richard |title=Petition calls for Ryedale rail link to reopen |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/10102415.petition-calls-for-ryedale-rail-link-to-reopen/ |access-date=29 June 2019 |work=York Press |date=12 December 2012}}</ref>

Hopes for this have been dampened as of October 2014 with reports that the managing director of the NYMR stating that they did not support any trains running along their tracks.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11512579.Businessman_backs_reopening_of_Ryedale_rail_link/?ref=ar| title=Businessman David Reall backs reopening of Pickering to Rillington rail link| access-date=9 November 2014| newspaper=Northern Echo}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rhys |last=Howell |date=10 October 2014| url=http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/end-of-the-line-for-rail-link-campaign-1-6890054| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210113350/http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/end-of-the-line-for-rail-link-campaign-1-6890054| archive-date=10 December 2014 |title=End of the line for rail link campaign?| newspaper=Whitby Gazette| access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref>

===Bridge and wheels appeal===
In March 2009, the railway announced that bridge 30 over the Eller Beck at Darnholme  near [[Goathland]] needed to be repaired/replaced over the winter of 2009/2010, otherwise the railway would be forced to close.  The railway therefore launched an appeal to raise £1&nbsp;million to cover the costs of the bridge work with any excess raised going towards the restoration of locomotive 80135.  £610,000 was raised in time,<ref>{{cite news| work=BBC News York & North Yorkshire |date=28 November 2009| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8384098.stm |title=Grants for railway bridge appeal|publisher=BBC |access-date= 8 December 2014}}</ref> and the bridge was replaced over the winter-Christmas/new year period of 2009/2010, with the first trains crossing over the new bridge in March 2010. The bridge was formally opened by [[Pete Waterman]] on 27 March 2010.<ref>{{cite news| work=BBC News York & North Yorkshire |date=19 April 2010| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8630000/8630541.stm |title=Pete Waterman opens railway bridge on North York Moors| publisher=BBC |access-date=8 December 2014}}</ref>

===Yorkshire's 'magnificent journey' appeal===
During 2017, the NYMR announced it was applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund, as part of a new appeal to keep the whole preserved railway running for the next 50 years. The bid attracted £4.4&nbsp;million in HLF funding and the appeal also donations from other funding streams such as the Rural Payments Agency, which donated £1.97&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Andrew |title=Heritage railway's future safeguarded by £4.4m National Lottery grant |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17617708.yorkshires-magnificent-journey-project-is-dedicated-to-preserving-the-railway-for-future-generations/ |access-date=20 June 2019 |work=The Northern Echo |date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

The aim of this appeal includes a series of individual projects such as,

# The renewal and repair of a total of three bridges around Goathland.
# Provide fuss free access for accommodation aboard every passenger train.
# The construction of a carriage shed (accommodating up to 40 carriages) at Pickering.
# A dedicated education carriage at Goathland.
# The creation of a new volunteer hostel at Grosmont.
# A volunteering development programme, recruiting new generations of volunteers in the foreseeable future.
# Railway apprenticeship schemes, with offers of training in engineering.
# A lineside conservation initiative, raising the awareness of conservation issues.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Boyd-Hope |first1=Gary |title=Major lottery award for North Yorkshire Moors |magazine=The Railway Magazine |date=June 2019 |volume=165 |issue=((1,419)) |page=70 |publisher=Mortons Media |location=Horncastle |issn=0033-8923}}</ref>

In early 2021, the project benefitted from £296,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/bridge-the-gap-for-yorkshires-magnificent-journey|title=£296,000 to bridge the gap for YMJ Project|website=North York Moors Historical Railway Trust – NYMR|accessdate=27 February 2021}}</ref>

As of 11 January 2020, bridge 27 at Goathland was removed; work to replace it was underway in March 2020.<ref>{{cite video| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d00BrnwUd20 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/d00BrnwUd20| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live| title=Bridge 27 removal at Goathland Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Update 3)| author=nymrfootage| date=12 January 2020| website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nymr.co.uk/blog/civil-engineering-diary-10-march-2020|title=Civil Engineering Diary – 10 March 2020|website=North York Moors Historical Railway Trust – NYMR|accessdate=27 February 2021}}</ref> Bridges 24 & 25 were scheduled for replacement in early 2022.<ref name="auto"/>