Home - Location - Timetable - Facilities - FAQs - Events - Stately Trains News - Photogalleries - Digital Archive - History - Shops - Departments Stocklist - Shed - Signalling - Membership - Volunteering - Links Besides running ordinary steam-hauled services (see the Timetable), the railway also holds a number of special events throughout the year. These are: Event: Dates: 'Day out with Thomas' Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th May, Spring Bank Holiday Weekend 2009 Diesel Weekend Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th July 2009 Strawberry Specials Saturday evenings: 4th, 11th & 18th July and 1st August 2009 'Day out with Thomas' Saturday 29th - Monday 31st August, Bank Holiday Weekend 2009 1940s Weekend Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th September 2009 Steam Gala Weekend Saturday 26th - Sunday 27th September 2009 (event subject to confirmation) White Rose Historic Vehicles Rallies Sundays 4th and 11th October 2009 Santa's Special Trains November & December 2009 Boxing Day Mince Pie Secials Saturday 26th December 2009 New Year's Day Children Travel Free Friday 1st January 2010 'Day out with Thomas' Good Friday - Easter Monday 2010 Volunteering Open Day 2010 (date t.b.c.) 'All Aboard with Ivor the Engine' Saturday - Monday May Day Bank Holiday Weekend 2010 Passengers are advised to telephone for confirmation of times before making a long journey. Talking Timetable (01756) 795189 General Enquiries (01756) 710614 Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust Registered Charity No. 517804 - Registered Museum No. 60 Bolton Abbey Station, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 6AF General Enquiries: 01756 710614 - Talking Timetables & Fax: 01756 795189 enquiries@embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk webmaster@embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk Volunteering Open Day Open Day for prospective Volunteers Sometime in 2010 A Saturday in 2010 will see the Railway opening its doors to prospective volunteers for a 'behind-the-scenes' visit to see what goes on in order to operate the Railway. Now that the New Year has well and truly started, did you make a New Year’s resolution, to get involved in an exciting project or put something back into the community? Have you always hankered after being a train guard, a ticket clerk or even an engine driver? If so, the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway is aiming to hold another volunteering open day in 2010, when it invites all potential volunteers to a day behind the scenes, learning the ins and outs of being a volunteer on this popular heritage steam railway. The day should commence with bacon sandwiches and a briefing at Bolton Abbey station at approximately 10 o’clock in the morning. This will be followed by a steam train journey to Embsay station, where there will be opportunities to experience the work of all the many varied departments of a heritage railway. This includes: Carriage and Wagon who look after the railway’s passenger coaches, Locomotive who look after the steam locos Diesel & Plant who deal with diesel maintenance and overhauls The workshops which have recently been built where all sorts of restoration and maintenance activities take place Signal and Telegraph who deal with maintaining and commissioning the signalling side of operations. Operational staff such as those engaged in station duties, sellign tickets, taking the roles of drivers of steam and diesel traction, firemen (and women!), guards, signalmen and so on. The all-important retail and catering side! The event is open to all, and information will be available on how to join the Trust on the day. For any further information, please contact the Railway’s Business Manager nearer the time: Stephen Walker at Bolton Abbey station, (01756) 701614 or e-mailed at enquiries@embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk. Additional information about the sort of jobs we tackle can be found in the Departments section of the website. 1940s Weekend Saturday 12th - Sunday 13th September 2009 Celebrating the Bull Dog spirit of the home front Relive the nostalgia of 1940s Wartime Britain. The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway steps back to the difficult times of Wartime Britain. Various re-enactment societies attend the railway over both days. Watch out for the Home Guard, Soldiers and Airmen returning home on leave and, of course, the long suffering civilians. A frequent service of trains will operate on both Saturday and Sunday, between 10.30 and 15.40 (Bolton Abbey), 16.30 (Embsay), subject of course to enemy action. The railway has had special dispensation from the Ministry of Food to operate its refreshment rooms at Bolton Abbey and Embsay stations. For further information, please telephone Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (01756) 710614 for general enquiries, or the Talking Timetable (01756)  795189. White Rose Historic Vehicles Rally White Rose Rally Sundays 4th & 11th October 2009 Sunday 4th October - event aimed at cars & commercial vehicles Sunday 11th October - event aimed at buses A 2-train service using a steam hauled set of coaches and a diesel-hauled set of coaches will be in operation on both days of the Historic Vehicle Rally. A Park & Ride facility will be in operation between Bolton Abbey Estate car park and the Railway, with the price of car parking refunded against the purchase of tickets at the Railway. More details will be posted here nearer the time. Santa's Specials Santa's Specials 2009 Sunday 22nd November 2009 Sunday 29th November 2009 Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th December 2009 Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th December 2009 Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th December 2009 NO BOOKING REQUIRED FOR THESE TRAINS - JUST COME ALONG! FARES Children aged 3 or over (including a present from Santa) £10.00 Children aged 2 or under (including a present from Santa) £5.00 All other fares £10.00 Timetable of Departures (for RETURN journeys) Embsay (depart) 10.00 10.40 11.20 12.00 12.40 13.20 14.00 14.40 15.20 16.00 Bolton Abbey (depart) 10.00 10.40 11.20 12.00 12.40 13.20 14.00 14.40 15.20 16.00 You may board Santa's train at either Embsay or Bolton Abbey Stations. Your return journey with Santa will take approximately 55 minutes. Coal fires will be lit at Bolton Abbey station, the Refreshment Rooms will be bulging with mince pies and other seasonal fare, as will the Buffet Cars attached to most trains. A FREE Heritage Bus links Ilkley railway station with Bolton Abbey station on December Santa Sundays. More details Further information: (01756) 710614 TALKING TIMETABLE: (01756) 795189 PLAYGROUPS ~ CUBS ~ SOCIAL CLUBS, ETC. Why not arrange a group outing to see Santa? Group bookings are welcome on Saturdays Class Christmas outings with a difference MORE DETAILS. Please telephone Skipton (01756) 710614 for more details, or complete a Group Booking Form. Boxing Day Mince Pie Specials Boxing Day Mince Pie Specials Saturday 26th December 2009 Steam trains will operate between Embsay and Bolton Abbey stations to the tiemtable listed below. Mince pies will be handed out free to all train ticket holders. You may board the train at either Embsay or Bolton Abbey Station. Embsay (depart) 10.30 12.00 13.30 15.00 Bolton Abbey (arrive) 10.45 12.15 13.45 15.15 Bolton Abbey (depart) 11.10 12.40 14.10 15.40 Embsay (arrive) 11.30 13.00 14.30 16.00 Mince Pies will be served on the train New Year's Day Specials New Year's Day Specials Friday 1st January 2010 New Year's Day, Friday 1st January 2010, is a 'FAMILY DAY' with our Happy Tank Engines. Children will travel for free when accompanied by a fare-paying adult. A two train steam-hauled service will be in operation, to the timetable listed below. Santa will not be on the trains. Timetable of Departures Embsay (depart) 10.00 10.40 11.20 12.00 12.40 13.20 14.00 14.40 15.20 16.00 Bolton Abbey (depart) - 10.40 11.20 12.00 12.40 13.20 14.00 14.40 15.20 16.00 You may board the train at either Embsay or Bolton Abbey Stations. Please phone the railway's Talking Timetable on (01756) 795189 for information on times. Other general enquiries (01756) 710614. Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust (Holdings) Limited Registered Charity No. 1116386 Bolton Abbey Station, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 6AF General Enquiries: 01756 710614 - Talking Timetables & Fax: 01756 795189 enquiries AT embsayboltonabbeyrailway DOT org.uk webmaster AT embsayboltonabbeyrailway DOT org.uk