Scenic Vintage Train Travel to the Seaside with Fish & Chips (Yorkshire)

Your journey is scheduled to be partly hauled by a steam locomotive and partly by a heritage diesel locomotive. This varies according to the railway's published timetable but may commonly be:

• Pickering to Gromont by steam locomotive and Grosmont to Whitby by heritage diesel locomotive on your outbound journey
• Whitby to Picking by heritage diesel locomotive on your return

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway runs through a National Park and takes it's responsibility for the local environment seriously. In periods of long warm dry spells, steam locomotives may pose a heightened risk of fires to the local moorland. The railway monitor this dilligently during the summer months.

In these instances, the railway may substitute the steam locomotive portion of the journey with a heritage diesel locomotive.

Should this situation arise, Fox & Edwards Events will seek to notify booked visitors as soon as possible. Your booking will still go ahead however we may, at our discretion, offer a complementary steam train journey at another date.

This is as a variation to our normal Steam Guarantee in our Terms & Conditions. 

The heritage trains at Whitby share the tracks with normal commuter trains on the National Rail Network and therefore have a strict timetable to keep.

Visitors must ensure they are back at the station in good time for the return departure time as the train cannot wait for you.

Should you miss the train, visitors will need to make their own arrangements to get back to Pickering. No refunds or recompense will be made where visitors miss the train.

The platform at Pickering is the old fashioned lower height and a step is provided to aid boarding the train.

If you wish to spend your free time at Whitby seafront, then this will involve a small walk. We cannot comment on the accessibility of inidivual facilities within the town.

A wheelchair space on board the train is shared with the railway's other bookings, therefore wheelchair users should contact us to discuss availability.

A bottle of water is included with your meal. There will be a bar/trolley service on board the train for you to purchase additional drinks.

Yes - toilet facilities are available on board.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer gluten-free or dairy-free options on this journey. All food is provided by a third-party local fish & chip shop and, as a result, we cannot guarantee the absence of allergens.

Please contact us before making a booking to discuss and confirm your specific requirements.

To make changes or cancel your booking, please contact us as soon as possible either by email at [email protected] or by phone on 01629 380600.

We are able to make amendments or refund without charge until the Monday prior to your trip at 23:59, if you have notified us in writing or spoken to a Visitor Support Officer by this time.

Between that time and 24 hours before your trip (usually several days), we can amend or refund your booking with a £25 administrative charge, helping us as a small business cover costs like food which might already have been ordered.

Within 24 hours of your journey's start time, we cannot make any amendments or cancellations. For full booking terms and conditions, please refer click here.

Yes - Groups of more than four will be seated across the aisle from each other.

No - the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's trains are specially certified to operate on Network Rail tracks between Grosmont and Whitby, therefore your train will go straight through without needing to change. Sit back, relax and enjoy the journey.