NORTH EAST
Aln Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles.
Alnwick, Northumberland.
Tel: 0300 030 3311.
Running: Nov 27, Dec 3, 4, 10, 11 (Santa
Specials)
Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society
Standard gauge, 15 miles. British Steel
Steelworks, Scunthorpe.
Tel: 07889 297271.
Running: Nov 26.
Bowes Railway
Standard gauge, 1¾ miles. Springwell,
Tyne & Wear. Tel: 07850 916484.
Open: Thurs-Sats.
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
15in gauge, two miles. Cleethorpes, North
East Lincolnshire. Tel: 01472 604657.
Running: W/Es until Dec 18 + Dec 22, 23
(Santa Specials)
Derwent Valley Light Railway
Standard gauge, ½ mile. Murton, near
York. Tel: 01904 489966.
Open: Dec 3, 4, 10 (Santa Specials)
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Embsay, North Yorks. Tel: 01756 795189.
Running: Reopens 2023.
Heatherslaw Light Railway
15in gauge, two miles. Ford Forge,
Northumberland. Tel: 01890 820244.
Running: Dec 10, 11, 17, 18
(Santa Specials)
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
Standard gauge, five miles. Haworth,
West Yorks, BD22 8NJ. Tel: 01535 645214.
Running: Fris-Suns until Dec 24 + Dec 22.
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway
2ft gauge. Skegness, Lincs.
Tel: 07407 500884.
Running: Reopens 2023.
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Ludborough,
Lincolnshire. Tel: 01507 363881.
Running: Dec 10, 11, 17-19 (Santa Specials)
Middleton Railway
Standard gauge, 1½ miles.
Hunslet, Leeds. Tel: 0845 680 1758.
Running: W/Es Dec 3-24 + Dec 23
(Santa Specials)
North Tyneside Railway
Standard gauge, two miles. North Shields.
Tel: 0191 277 7135.
Running: W/Es Dec 3-24 (Elf Express)
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Standard gauge, 18 miles. Grosmont,
North Yorks. Tel: 01751 472508.
Running: W/Es Dec 3-24 + Dec 19-23
(Santa Specials)
Scarborough North Bay Railway
20in gauge, ⁷⁄₈ mile. Scarborough, North
Yorks. Tel: 01723 368791.
Running: W/Es until Dec 18 + Dec 22, 23
(Santa Specials)
Tanfield Railway
Standard gauge, three miles. Near
Gateshead, Tyne & Wear.
Tel: 07508 092365.
Running: W/Es until Dec 24 + Dec 20, 21,
23 (North Pole Express)
Weardale Railway
Standard gauge, 18 miles. Stanhope, Co.
Durham.
Running: W/Es Dec 3-18 + Dec 21-23
(Santa Specials)
Wensleydale Railway
Standard gauge, 22 miles. Leeming Bar,
North Yorkshire. Tel: 01677 425805.
Running: Weds-Suns until Dec 23
(Polar Express)
Whistlestop Valley Railway (Kirklees)
15in gauge, four miles. Huddersfield,
West Yorks.
Tel: 01484 865727.
Running: Fris-Suns until Dec 24 + Dec 5,
12, 20-22 (Santa Express)
Yorkshire Wolds Railway
Standard gauge, 1,000ft. Fimber, East
Yorkshire. Tel: 01377 338053.
Open: Reopens April 2023.