Date: 25/05/2015

East Yorkshire's first heritage railway project has been opened on part of a line that was closed in 1958. The Yorkshire Wolds Railway project has opened to visitors on the old Driffield to Malton line at Fimber Halt. The group currently runs a 1970s diesel engine on about 330 ft (100m) of restored track. It has raised more than £80,000 since forming seven years ago. The group has planning permission for a mile (1.6km) of track and plans to recreate a small, rural branch line. The 20-mile (32km) Driffield to Malton line was opened in 1853 as part of a larger plan to bring coals from Newcastle to the docks at Hull.

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East Yorkshire's first heritage railway project is opened on the old Driffield to Malton line that was closed in 1958.

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Preserved Black 5 no 5305 in LMS livery leaving Driffield for Scarborough on a snowy 28 December 1981.
Location: Driffield
Company: Bridlington Branch (Hull and Selby Railway)
28/12/1981 Peter Todd

The 1853 station at Sledmere and Fimber in East Yorkshire, thought to have been taken in the mid 1950s. The platform had been shortened to handle surviving goods traffic following closure to passengers in 1950. The line closed completely in 1958 and little now remains here. [Ref query 6931]
Location: Sledmere and Fimber
Company: Malton and Driffield Junction Railway
// Peter Todd Collection

The late running 07.39 Gilberdyke - Scarborough train runs over the crossing on River Head Drive and into Driffield station on 1 October 2008.
Location: Driffield
Company: Bridlington Branch (Hull and Selby Railway)
01/10/2008 John Furnevel