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    Moors project secures £6 million Lottery and government grants

    Jun 04, 2019 4 minutes
    By Gareth Evans
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    CHRIS GEE

    THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s £9.7 million‘Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey’project has been boosted by the news it has been awarded in excess of £6 million in grant funding from two separate sources – with the lion’s share of £4.4 million coming from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF).

    In addition to contributions from local organisations and private donors, the project has also received £1.75 million from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

    Dedicated to preserving what is Britain’s most popular railway in terms of passenger numbers for

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