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: Diesel Weekend Friday 18th - Sunday 20th July 2008 Strawberry Specials Saturdays June 21st & 28th and July 5th & 12th 2008 'Day out with Thomas' Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th August (Bank Holiday Weekend) 2008 1940s Weekend Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th September 2008 Harvest of Steam Weekend Saturday 20th - Sunday 21st September 2008 White Rose Historic Vehicles Rallies Sunday 5th & Sunday 12th October 2008 Santa's Special Trains November & December 2008 Boxing Day Mince Pie Secials Friday 26th December 2008 New Year's Day Children Travel Free Thursday 1st January 2009 Volunteering Open Day 2009 (date t.b.c.) 'Day out with Thomas' Good Friday - Easter Monday 2009 (t.b.c.) 'All Aboard with Ivor the Engine' Saturday - Monday, May Bank Holiday Weekend 2009 (t.b.c.) 'Day out with Thomas' Saturday - Monday, Spring Bank Holiday Weekend 2009 (t.b.c.) 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 Saturday 8th March 2008 Saturday 8th March 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 holding its first ever-volunteering open day on Saturday 8th March 2008, 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 will 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: 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 13th - Sunday 14th September 2008 Celebrating the Bull Dog spirit of the home front Details of the event will be confirmed here shortly 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 5th & 12th October 2008 Sunday 5th October - event aimed at cars & commercial vehicles Sunday 12th October - event aimed at buses A 2-train or 3-train service using a steam hauled set of coaches and a DMU 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 2008 Sunday 23th November 2008 Sunday 30th November 2008 Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th December 2008 Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th December 2008 Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st December 2008 Details for the 2008 event will be published here nearer the time. Below are last years details which are expected to be broadly the same as for this year. NO BOOKING REQUIRED FOR THESE TRAINS - JUST COME ALONG! FARES Children aged 3 or over (including a present from Santa) £8.00 Children aged 2 or under (including a present from Santa) £5.00 All other fares £8.00 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 Mid-week Santa Special trains for schools and playgroups on Wednesday 12th December 2007. Advanced bookings only for this date. 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 Friday 26th December 2008 Details from last year's event. Details for the 2008 event will be posted here nearer the time. 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 Thrsday 1st January 2009 Details from last year's event. Details for the 2009 event will be posted here nearer the time. New Year's Day, Tuesday 1st January 2008, is a 'FAMILY DAY' with our Happy Tank Engines. Children will travel for free when accompanied by a fare-paying adult. A two train service will be in operation, to the same timetable as the Santa's Specials. 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   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 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