Walkers are
reminded that train services can be affected by
short-notice timetable changes and cancellations,
so you are advised to re-check train running times
as close as possible to your intended time of
travel.
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6 July 2025
A selection of photos from yesteday's
45th anniversary celebration meal at the Hellifield
Station Cafe Shed24H can be seen in the Past
Events (Train Walks 2025) section.
30 June 2025 - Anniversary celebrations
on Saturday 5 July
Friends of DalesRail will commemorate
45 years of leading walks for the public this coming
Saturday with 4 walks from the Settle-Carlisle railway,
ending up in Hellifield with a celebration meal for
members. This forthcoming anniversary was featured in
a recent article in the Craven Herald newspaper, which
you can view
online.
17 June 2025 - Erratum
In the new train walks programme leaflet
(June to December 2025) the dates of the autumn members'
holiday to Capel Curig have been incorrectly printed
as 17 to 20 September, but the correct dates are 17
to 20 October 2025.
15 June 2025
Two members' holidays have now been arranged
for next year:
Bishop Auckland, Durham - Friday 20 to
Monday 23 March 2026 (3 nights)
Llandrindod Wells, mid-Wales - Sunday
31 May to Saturday 6 June 2026 (6 nights)
Please see the Holidays
section for further information. Booking details will
be in future editions of the members' newsletter.
8 June 2025 (updated
item)
The May 2025 newsletter
has now been sent out to members via post and email
- the online edition can be seen in the Newsletter
section.
18 May 2025
The new rail timetable
starts today and is valid up to 13 December 2025.
21 April 2025
Unlimited rail travel
with Northern Rail for £10 per person for a day
or £17.50 for a weekend
Northern Rail has teamed
up with Reach PLC and National World newspaper groups
for this special offer, which includes a day's travel
anywhere on the Northern Rail Network for £10
(£5 for children, no further discounts). A weekend
ticket for £17.50 (£8.75 for children) is
also available. The offer is not limited to the Settle-Carlisle
line, but it is restricted to services operated by Northern
Rail.
To qualify you have to
collect either TWO tokens from qualifying Reach PLC
newspapers or THREE tokens from qualifying National
World newspapers. They publish a number of titles in
Northern England. Please see the Northern
Rail website for the full list of titles and
details of when the tokens will be published in each
paper.
You then need to download
a form on the Northern
Rail website which will then allow you to buy
up to four Northern Rail Day Ranger tickets from any
staffed rail station within the Northern Network. These
Ranger tickets cannot be bought on trains or online.
The offer runs from Monday
28 April to Thursday 17 July 2025 and is valid every
day during this special offer period. Some time restrictions
apply - the offer is only valid on trains timed to depart
after 08.45 Mondays to Fridays. It is valid at any time
weekends and Bank Holidays.
3 February 2025 (updated
item)
Friends of DalesRail will
celebrate the 45th year anniversary of the formation
of the society on 5 July 2025 with a series of walks
and a celebration meal for members at Hellifield Station
Cafe. Further information and details of how to book
can be found in the February 2025 edition of the members'
newsletter.
Walk details can be seen in the Train
Walks section.
26 January 2025
The members' youth hostel
weekend will take place at Whitby
YHA, North Yorkshire from 5 to 7 September
2025. Further details and booking information will
be in the next members' newsletter.