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std tank liked cksteam's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Does anyone on here know if there is any evidence yet of lower passenger numbers and/or lower ticketing income following the latest ticketing policy? I can't help wonder with the amount of feedback I've seen on forums and tripadvisor whether the...
Apr 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM -
std tank replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
What does the NYMR's S.M.S have to say about the hours worked by safety critical workers?
Apr 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM -
std tank liked gios's post in the thread 82045 The way ahead?.
April update now live: http://www.82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-apr25.html
Apr 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM -
std tank liked Jamessquared's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
It's hard I think to be prescriptive. For example, consider two railways. Railway A has a large workshop with paid staff and does most of its overhauls in house. Railway B has no similar workshop, and sends locos and carriages away to be...
Apr 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM -
std tank liked Sidmouth's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
Thinking back to the the Great Yorkshire Steam Railway , whilst I appreciate made for TV there is a level of manufactured near crisis to be saved at the last minute, those involved at times came across almost as Perry/croft comedy characters ....
Apr 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM -
std tank liked 5944's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.
https://www.nymr.co.uk/news/fire-risk-restrictions "Update: 19/04/2025 20:40 We will be running all services with diesel locomotives until further notice." To make it super confusing, the banner at the top of the page states "We are OPEN...
Apr 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM -
std tank liked Steve's post in the thread Heritage Railways, are they in trouble, generally?.
But not that long ago the SVR was in a bad way and its people were not happy. I believe what changed to alter all this was a change of management. It may still have significant problems but its people are 100% behind it and it will pull through.
Apr 19, 2025
