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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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21 May 2025
The May 2025 members' newsletter
has now been sent out to members via post and email
- the online edition will be posted here in due course.
18 May 2025
The new rail timetable
starts today and is valid up to 13 December 2025.
1 May 2025
Photos from the ride2stride
Dent to Ribblehead strenuous walk via Blea Moor on 30
April 2025 can be viewed in the Past
Events (Train Walks 2025) section
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.
26 March 2025
Please send any items for
inclusion in the next newsletter (May 2025) to the editor,
Fiona Robertson, as soon as possible, but no later than
16 May 2025.
7 March 2025 (amended item)
The February 2025 newsletter
has now been sent out to members via post and email
- the online edition can now be seen in the Newsletter
section.
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.
26
November 2024
On Sunday 24 November,
the Annual General Meeting was held in Skipton with
45 attendees. Further details will be published in
the New Year members' newsletter.
14 October 2024 (amended
item)
A selection of photos
from the members' holiday in Bollington, Cheshire,
can be accessed via the Past
Events (Holidays 2024) section.
14 November 2023 (amended
item)
Selected issues of our
members' newsletter can now be viewed in the Newsletter
section. The online versions do not contain all the
information from the regular editions, which are sent
out to members, as some content is restricted to members
only.
13 September 2023
For 2023-24, membership
of Friends of DalesRail is now increased to £12
per household per annum. For any members joining between
now and the end of November this year, the annual membership
will run until 30 November 2024.
