The Northern Echo has teamed up with North Yorkshire Moors Railway to bring our readers the opportunity to win one of three pairs of family tickets to one of the winter excursions to Whitby. Here's how you can enter. 

Make the days between Christmas and New Year extra special with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's (NYRM) latest announcement of special steam-hauled excursions to Whitby.

The pre-booked, seat-allocated services depart from Pickering Station at 11:10am every day (10:15am on Sundays) from Thursday, December 28 to Sunday, January 7 through the North York Moors National Park to Whitby. Whilst on board the Buffet carriage will be serving hot and cold drinks and tasty snacks for you to purchase. 
 
On your arrival at Whitby, you will have just over an hour and a half (2 hours and 30 minutes on Sundays) to spend in the town before the steam-hauled service returns from Whitby at 14:30 back to Pickering. During the winter’s day out with the family, enjoy a festive trip to the seaside, or a brisk walk with the fresh seaside air to work off some of that Christmas pudding.
 
Pre-book your tickets and seats online, with adult tickets priced at £45 each, and children (aged 0-
15) travel free. When you buy one day, you get 12 months free to hop on and off the standard Bronze, Silver, and Gold services. Dogs are permitted on these services, at a rate of £3 per dog. 
 
Gift Aiding your adult ticket means we can claim an extra 25% tax back from the Government. This costs you nothing extra but gives our charity an additional £11.25 for every adult ticket sold – helping to keep us moving for future generations.
 
To find out more and to book tickets, visit here.

To celebrate the announcement of the service we've got 3 sets of family tickets to give away to our lucky winners. 

To be in with a chance to win, simply fill out the form below before 4pm on Monday December 25. 


 
*Annual Passes are valid for these services and must be booked online in advance. Your Online Booking Confirmation will act as your ticket to travel. 

Competition terms and conditions:

  • Each family winner will each receive 2x adult and 2x children Annual Pass tickets to the Winter excursions to Whitby only.
  • Dates for the special services will be subject to availability and accommodated around the winners date requests as best as possible.
  • An adult is aged 16 years old and a child is aged 0-15 years old.
  • Kids Travel Free (Ages 0-15).
  • Tickets must be redeemed/validated on the day of travel at a booking office.
  • Annual Passes are not valid at special events, only standard Gold, Silver, or Bronze timetabled services.
  • Entrants must be 18 or over.
  • The winner will be selected at random from all entries received.
  •  The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. If a winning entrant cannot be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, the NYMR reserves the right to stand down that entrant and select another winner.
  • NYMR’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered. 

Newsquest competition terms can be found here.