NYMR & Heritage Rail Day
A driven day around the North Yorkshire Moors Railway — Pickering, Grosmont, Whitby — plus a Steam Yorkshire tour of the moors.
The NYMR trip from Pickering to Whitby via Grosmont is one of the great heritage-rail days, but the driving to Pickering and back to Yorkshire afterwards eats the day. A chauffeur solves it.
Booked by rail enthusiasts, older couples and families with rail-mad kids.
Home → Pickering NYMR station → collection from Grosmont or Whitby → home.
The silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class is a luxury MPV seating up to 7 passengers with generous luggage space. Share passenger and luggage details when enquiring.
Full day — Pickering 10:00, train to Whitby 12:30 arrival, Whitby afternoon, collection 18:00.
Harrogate £320 · York £220 · Scarborough £180 · Leeds £380.
- NYMR tickets pre-booked (first class if you want)
- Named driver waits at Grosmont if you're doing the round-trip
- Whitby drop-off at Church Street or the West Cliff
- Fish supper collection at Trenchers or Magpie Cafe
- Late collection from Whitby (18:00 or 19:30 both fine)
- NYMR Pullman dining car runs Thursday to Saturday — separate booking
- Whitby to Yorkshire on a Saturday evening: allow 90 min via the A171
- Grosmont's platform Café is the best in Yorkshire rail — worth an hour
Yes — we book. Extra £25 per person; on a Pullman day expect £75.
Whitby fish supper before pickup?
Yes — Magpie Cafe or Trenchers, we hold the table. Both queue after 17:30.
Family with the rail-mad 8-year-old?
This day was made for that specific child. Driver will queue with you at Grosmont if the parents want to sit in the buffet.
- pickering
- malton
- york
- harrogate
- scarborough
Grosmont at midday. Whitby by teatime. Yorkshire by nine.
How The Rural Chauffeur works
Owner-driven from Hexagon House in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, in a silver Mercedes-Benz V-Class. Every journey is pre-booked with the price fixed in writing before the day.