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Return journey to stardom for Yorkshire railway July 15, 2022

Oakworth stationHaworthA Yorkshire railway made famous by the 1970 film "The Railway Children" has become a star again as a new film "The Railway Children Return" arrived in cinemas from Friday (July 15).

"The Railway Children Return" features many of the same locations of the earlier film, but is set in a different period, during World War II in 1944.

Oakworth station and the village of Haworth feature prominently in the film based around the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, a preserved branch line which runs from Keighley to Oxenhope.

"The Railway Children" is possibly the best known use of the heritage railway, but it has a long list of film, TV and advert credits, which among many others include "Yanks", "Another Brick In The Wall" by Pink Floyd, "Brideshead Revisited", "The Great Train Robbery" for BBC TV in 2013, "A Touch Of Frost", "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" and "Peaky Blinders".

Heritage railways Film locations Oakworth Haworth

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