Derwent Valley Light Railway

The Derwent Valley Light Railway officially opened on the 19^th of July 1913; it ran for a distance of nearly 16 miles from Layerthorpe Station at York to the village of Cliffe Common near Selby. Although passengers were carried in the early years, this discontinued in 1926 and the railway remained predominantly agricultural throughout the rest of its history.

The DVLR was never nationalised and remained very much a “light” railway until its closure on the 30^th of September 1981. The only section of the railway still in use comprises of the half-mile section within the Museum grounds.

The DVLR is entirely run by volunteers. Train rides run every Sunday from Easter Sunday through to the last Sunday in September, and again for Santa Specials throughout December.

Click here to go to the Skipwith Station web site which was once part of the Derwent Valley Light Railway