Membership

On This Page

  • Meet the Management Team  
  • How to Join the WRA
  • Members' Travel Concessions and other discounts  
  • Relay Magazine  
  • Relay Back Numbers



Meet the Management Team

Click on the name to see a profile of each member of the WRA Ltd Management
Board.

 
    Ken Monkman
       Chairman		 
   		 
  John Thompson
   Vice Chairman

       

        (vacant)
  General Secretary


   
      John Mazzucchi
           Treasurer


 
    Peter Guy      

      
         
      
      Angus Maude
  
       
         
              Nigel Park
 


Amanda Pearson

    
      Colin Randolph


 
      Paul Warren

 
       Tim Williamson

WRA Membership

By becoming a member of the WRA, you will be supporting this exciting and unique railway reinstatement project. You may wish to join one of our local branches and attend meetings and social events; you will also have the opportunity to play a more active part by becoming a volunteer (working on the trains, the track or the stations). A subscription to the regular WRA Magazine "Relay" is included in the membership fee.

Please join now to help us :

  • promote the line and increase passenger numbers and revenue
  • increase the frequency of existing train services
  • extend operations East to Northallerton and West to Aysgarth
  • complete the reinstatement of the entire line
  • provide a lifeline for residents without cars
  • offer a choice of travel modes
  • reduce congestion and pollution
  • provide a fully integrated bus and rail service
  • offer an opportunity to remove freight from the roads

Membership Rates 2010

 Individual Annual  £15
 Individual Junior Annual (min age 14 max age 18)  £9
 Individual Five Year £75
 Individual Life £400
 Joint Life (2 named adults at same address) £600
 Household Annual £22
 Household Five Year £110
 Corporate (organisations/businesses) Annual  £60
 Corporate Five Year
£300

Click here to download and print an Application Form

Click to read the Memorandum and Articles (as amended Dec 2009)  of Association.

Email for further information or write to WRA Ltd, PO Box 159,Richmond,DL10 9AA.

Members' Travel Concessions and Other Discounts
WRA Members can currently benefit from the following :

 Driver Experience Days

Members can book a Driver Experience Day for the reduced price of £205
(Normal price £230).

Get a taste of the Driver Experience Day by watching the video. 

 Member Concessionary Fare (updated for 2010)

Individual Members (membership number ends with "I")
Up to 2 people travel at child rate

Household members (membership number ends with "H")
Up to 4 people travel at child rate

To claim this benefit please show your valid WRA membership card and separate proof of identity.

 Other Discounts

Advertisers in Relay Magazine frequently offer discounts to WRA members.
Currently these include Wood Holiday Properties

Relay Magazine

Relay, the WRA magazine, is normally published three times per year and is mailed to all WRA members. Copies can also be purchased at the Wensleydale Railway sales outlets at Leeming Bar and Leyburn stations and from the Northallerton station kiosk.


 

Relay 55 (July - October 2010)
is the current issue and includes :

- Introductions from the new Wensleydale Railway plc Chairman and General Manager
- Railway Strategy
- Bedale Crossing Gate
- Operations Dalesman

plus news and reports from the Groups and Branches, Members' Letters, From The Archives,  photos and more.

The Editorial Team welcomes articles, photographs and letters.
Items for Relay 56 should reach the Editorial Team by Friday 10 September.  

Relay Back Numbers

 

Relay Back numbers


are available from the Leyburn and Leeming Bar Shops
at 50p each or 5 for £2

Or you can contact Paul Kenyon on 01748 824249.