In these difficult times Wensleydale Railway may not be your key priority. But the team are working towards getting back to business as usual as quickly as possible, once the lockdown passes. For this to happen Wensleydale Railway must survive; with most of their usual fundraising channels no longer available.

In these difficult times Wensleydale Railway may not be your key priority.  But the team are working towards getting back to business as usual as quickly as possible, once the lockdown passes. For this to happen Wensleydale Railway must survive; with most of their usual fundraising channels no longer available, many of the volunteers have been advised to stay at home and the railway closed for an indefinite period,

Survival is not guaranteed, but luckily, one of their supporters has generously offered to match fund, pound for pound, every donation up to a maximum of £50,000 so this new appeal could raise £100,000.

The appeal focus will be to ensure that Wensleydale Railway is in a fit state to reopen just as soon as it is sensible to do so.  The Leeming Bar Station House lottery funded restoration project is underway. There are additional costs with all heritage buildings such as rotten floor joists; they will not be getting the expected income from school visits and their volunteers will be unable to undertake any of the renovation works for some time. The team also want to support work on rolling stock. Whilst the Railway is not operating the staff are hoping to have a complete rolling stock overhauls. The Rolling Stock Appeal will fund some of this but we would like to financially support a larger schedule of work.

Your generosity will really make a difference to the railway. If you would like to help, you can donate here:

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/emergencymatchfundappeal