More trains set to run on Whitby to Middlesbrough rail line

Grosmont station is on both the Esk Valley line and the steam railway.

As the next stage of restoring the services withdrawn during the lockdown period, trains will depart from Whitby at 06.31, 08.15, 15.59 and 19.44, and from Middlesbrough at 04.58, 07.04, 14.00 and 18.00.

Trains have been modified to allow social distancing, says the Esk Val;l;ey Railway Development Company and, as on all public transport, face masks must be worn.

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