British Steam - The Keighley And Worth Valley Railway (DVD)

Keighley Worth Valley Railway worth the visit!

Advantages: Wonderful periodic stations and rolling stock
Disadvantages: Is fairly short if you don't use the rover ticket option.

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is well worth the visit! In the heart of Bronte country is a small but lovely steam railway line, known as the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Despite its size and the area it runs through it is best known as the part of the filming location for the film The Railway Children. Although it operates mostly steam trains, it does also on occasion run diesel trains often used by the locals going into Keighley! As such there is a good concession rate if you do live within a certain postcode area, so it is worth checking up on. However, we visited as tourists, using Oxenhope as our destination station (you can have a round trip using any one of the main stations). Once we arrived we had some time to spare so went to have a look at some carriages and other rolling stock in a barn set off from the main ...

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Take The steam train to the Brontes

Advantages: great scenery
Disadvantages: too short !

Anyone who finds themselves with a couple of hours to spare in Northern England should consider an afternoon on the steam railway that is the Keighley & Worth valley line. This is a preserved steam route in West Yorkshire that used to form part of the national rail network until the 1960s , when that mad axeman Dr Beeching butchered the rural British train network. The line is only five miles in length but is in the heart of Bronte country. The line first opened in 1867 as trains rain from Keighley (the main terminus ) through to Oxenhope which is the end of the line. Today under the ownership of the Keighley & Worth Valley the same route still exists ,and it is a tribute to this hardy bunch of people that the route runs at all. The trains are mainly steam hauled although the early services tend to be run by a diesel railcar ...

Gardenex 12.06.2001 · Read full review
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"All Aboard!"

Advantages: A great day out for all the family
Disadvantages: Parking charge at Haworth station

It was my mam?s 50th birthday at the end of last month so my parents and I decided to go away for a long weekend, with my sister and her children. My eldest nephew loves trains and has done since a very young age and as my other nephew and my niece like trains too we thought visiting Keighley & Worth Valley Railway would be something that would keep the children entertained. If the children are happy my mam is happy. We were staying in Shipley, West Yorkshire and we travelled to the railway by car. "What is it?" Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is Britain?s last remaining complete heritage branch line which runs from Keighley to Oxenhope, West Yorkshire. All the stations along the line are old style and some of them have been used in films and TV. All the staff that work on the railway are trained volunteers. "~Our ...

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