Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Each year special events abound in addition to the regular steam train services: The White Rose Pullman, the Tank Engine weekends and Santa specials. Principal stations at: Keighley (BR and Metro connections), Ingrow (Park and Ride Station on A629), Haworth (Bronte Country) and Oxenhope. Experience a thriving 5 mile branch line linking the town of Keighley, on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle main line, with the villages of Oakworth, Haworth and Oxenhope. The railway was built by a company formed mainly of local mill owners and opened in 1867. It became part of the Midland and later London Midland and Scottish railways until nationalisation in 1948 when it was operated by British Railways. The line closed in 1961. The railway was purchased by the Keighley and Worth Valley railway Preservation Society, formed by people who wished to re-open the line, which they did in 1968. Since then, the railway has provided a steam train service every weekend. As well as operating trains (which carry over 150,000 passengers each year), the entire railway - engines, coaches, stations and equipment - have all been restored from total dereliction to their present condition, a remarkable example of what