Following its announcement last month, Network Rail has confirmed that it will carry out work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) between Leeds and York over the Christmas period and for the whole of January.
As announced earlier this year, the Polar Express will run from London Euston this Christmas, and it has now arrived at the station ahead of its first outing tomorrow.
The Esk Valley Community Railway in the North Yorkshire Moors will again be running its Forget-Me-Not Train for people with dementia and their carers next Wednesday (19 November).
Vintage Trains has announced that next month it will be running two steam-hauled trips through the East Midlands to York, with dining service options aboard authentic vintage carriages.