A Bloody Merry Christmas at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

A Bloody Merry Christmas
• 5th Dec 2026: 18:30 – 19:30
• 19th Dec 2026: 18:30 – 19:30
• Hosted By The Ghost Of Mad Alice
• 1-Hour Seat-allocated Immersive Experience
• With The Bloody Sugar Plum Fairy & Krampus
• A festive event for people who find Christmas a bit too cheerful

This festive season, climb aboard a Christmas Train with a twist. Join Mad Alice and Friends of the Bloody Tour of York for a yuletide journey unlike any other. Leave the tinsel and mince pies behind as you venture into a world where Christmas takes a deliciously dark turn.

Mad Alice will regale you with chilling ghost stories, sinister seasonal legends and tales of the macabre, uncovering the blood-soaked history and terrifying folklore hidden beneath the glittering lights of Christmas.

This event is strictly for daring spirits aged 16 and over. Looking for something that is fun for all the family? Check out our Santa Express services instead. Wishing you a very festive Christmas season.

A Wickedly Twisted Christmas
A Bloody Merry Christmas welcomes a wickedly playful Father Christmas who will grant wishes you may come to regret asking for. Be enchanted, and unnerved, by a hauntingly twisted performance from the Bloody Sugar Plum Fairy and keep your eyes peeled for the horned Christmas nightmare himself. Krampus may be lurking in the shadows, searching for those who’ve been just a little too naughty…

Expect festive frights, wicked laughter, dark folklore and unforgettable live performances in a Christmas experience that’s gloriously gruesome, hilariously horrifying and unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.
Christmas has never been this bloody merry.

Do you dare climb aboard?

Earlybird Booking Offer
Book by Sunday 18 October 2026 and save £5 per person, making it just £30 per person. A £1.50 booking
fee applies per transaction.
Adult (18+) £35
Young Person (16-17) £35

Brace yourself and bring your bravest companions. This is a night for grown-ups and fearless older teenagers, with a minimum age of 16. Young people must be accompanied by a fare-paying adult.

All Aboard, If You Dare
A Bloody Merry Christmas is a one-of-a-kind adult festive event aboard the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Hosted by the ghost of Mad Alice and her eccentric supernatural companions, guests enjoy a one-hour evening train journey from Pickering to Levisham and back, filled with live ghost stories and theatrical performances.