Yorkshire commuters can bag half-price rail tickets as Northern slash fares on 500,000 journeys
The 500,000 advance purchase tickets we’re making available for the rail sale will be spread the length and breadth of our ...
Hopes of unveiling Catterick Bridge memorial in February
The Catterick Bridge Explosion, which happened on February 4, 1944, saw a munitions depot near the Catterick railway become the scene of a ...
Heritage train and fine dining experience announced for 2025
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MP supports bid for Catterick Bridge explosion memorial
Rishi Sunak is supporting efforts to establish a permanent memorial for those who lost their lives in the Catterick Bridge explosion of 1944. On 4 February 1944, an explosion at the railway sidings of ...
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Book Review: Heritage Railways in the Midlands by Simon Elson
This book adds anecdotes of personal experiences of the railways before and after their preservation to descriptions of their ...
Memorial planned for Catterick Bridge rail explosion
A resident has been attempting to get the memorial, dedicated to the Catterick railway disaster of 1944, put up in Brompton-on-Swale, near Richmond.
FA Cup: Reaction as Man Utd beat Arsenal on penalties & fourth-round draw
My first third-round FA Cup tie was West Ham v Swindon at Upton Park in 1967. Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick for the Hammers, but a Don Rogers inspired Swindon earned a 3-3 draw and then won the ...
The tragic story behind one of Yorkshire's longest railway tunnels
The tragic history behind the construction of the Bramhope Tunnel, located between Horsforth and Weeton on the train route from Leeds to Harrogate, remains unknown to many. Nearly two centuries ago, ...