North Yorkshire heritage line’s defiance of Beeching cuts – The Yorkshire Post says

THE North’s transport woes can – in many respects – be traced back to the sheer short-sightedness of the infamous Beeching cuts of the 1960s when the local rail network was dismantled.
By YP Comment
Published 24th Jan 2021, 05:59 BST

The iconic line from Pickering to Whitby is a case point. Deemed surplus to requirements, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is now one of the country’s pre-eminent heritage lines.

Saved for the nation by the goodwill of volunteers who saw a future for the route, its future as a first class tourism attraction will be even more assured once a £9.8m fundraising initiative, dubbed Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey, is finally completed to upgrade facilities.

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Yet, while £300,000 is needed, the idyllic line, one of the most beautiful in Britain, is due to reopen to the public in April and offers passengers a relaxing journey back in time on a line that should never have closed in the first place. And that is the greatest irony of all as the NYMR continues to steam ahead.

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