page_title: Pickering, North Yorkshire
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Pickering, North Yorkshire / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: This bridge carried the double track Malton to Pickering railway line over Pickering Beck, 180m south of Pickering station. It can be found on the south side of the A170 road - the opposite side to the car park. Pickering station remains open but is a terminus and only handles trains on the preserved North York Moors Railway.
context_page_description: Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it sits at the foot of the moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south. According to legend the town was founded by King Peredurus around 270 BC; however, the town as it exists today is of medieval origin. The legend has it that the king lost his ring and accused a young maiden of stealing it, but later that day the ring was found in a pike caught in the River Costa for his dinner. The king was so happy to find his ring he married the young maiden; the name Pike-ring changed over the years to Pickering. It is a nice tale told to fit the name, but it is not the origin. Pickering is thought to be named after the followers of an Anglian man named Picer or some such personal name – the Picer-ingas.
  The tourist venues of Pickering Parish Church, with its medieval wall paintings, Pickering Castle, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Beck Isle Museum have made Pickering popular with visitors. Nearby places include Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Scarborough.
context_section_description: Bus services operated by Yorkshire Coastliner connect to York via Malton, Whitby and Thirsk and to Scarborough operated by East Yorkshire.
  There is a town bus which travels a circular route around the town.
  The nearest mainline railway station is at Malton, 8 miles (13 km) away and the North Yorkshire Moors heritage railway runs seasonal services to Grosmont and Whitby.
  Plans to reopen the Pickering–Rillington Junction railway line (connecting to the Scarborough line near Rillington village) have surfaced multiple times but rail reopenings in England are exceptional, and no funds have been secured to rebuild it. If rebuilt, the line would cost £21 million despite being just six miles long. The track does not follow the same corridor as the A169 road. A monorail has been suggested as a cheaper alternative, but this would  prevent interoperability of through services from York and Malton to Pickering and Whitby.
caption: The railway line to Malton was carried over Pickering Beck with this bridge, which is beyond the car park and just across the A170 road, which now obstructs the former trackbed.
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