THE POLAR EXPRESS Train Ride is coming to Wensleydale Railway this Christmas! Book your tickets today: yorkshiredalesthepolarexpressride.com Join us on a train journey back in time.
● We are operating our Heritage services between Bedale, Leeming Bar and Scruton stations where you will be able to step back in time and enjoy a living museum experience. During March we will be operating a regular
shuttle service between Bedale and Leyburn.
● Travel to Scruton where you can see our multi award-winning recreation of a country station at the turn of the 20th century. Meet the station master and his wife who will share stories of life in the early 1900's whilst showing you around the station building and piggery in the back garden.
● You can also spend some time visiting the 'Thankful Village' of Scruton itself which is a delight, enjoy a wine or two in The Coore Arms, visit the play park or perhaps take one of our suggested walks through farmland and on peaceful roads.
● Travel to Leeming Bar where the ongoing work to the station house can be seen before a full re-opening within the next couple of months. The restoration has been completed and focus in now on furnishing the station house to how it would have looked in the early 1920's.
● The Station Master is ready to show you proudly around his station which features a parcels office, ticket office, ladies waiting room, parlour, kitchen and washroom.
● You can also spend some time in the village itself which features two pubs (The Corner House and The Reubens), a play park, W Braithwaite & Sons Garden Centre and Simply Dutch.
● Experience the classic Yorkshire market town of Bedale on your return with something to enchant everyone from the hungry to the curious.
● Visit the many local attractions on the doorstep.
● Superb walking and cycling country. We have preserved 22 miles of the former line from Northallerton to Garsdale that opened to passengers in full in 1878. Timetabled services currently run over the 5 miles between Bedale and Scruton and we are actively working to restore the full length of the line as part of our historic rail and transport experience. We hope to reopen between Bedale and Redmire in Spring 2022.
