Date: 12/03/2016

One of the world's most famous locomotives has started its first series of passenger journeys. The Flying Scotsman took to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) heritage line after a decade-long, £4.2m refit. Its first of six daily services from Grosmont to Pickering started at 09:30 GMT with stops at Goathland, Newtondale and Levisham on route. A total of 8,500 tickets were purchased for the sold-out locomotive service, which runs until 20 March.

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One of the world's most famous locomotives starts its first series of passenger journeys after a decade-long, £4.2m refit.

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