Twenty-five years ago, on Friday, April 11, 1989, the Settle Carlisle railway, and with it Ribblehead Viaduct, was saved from closure that had been proposed by British Rail. Margaret Thatcher’s former ...

Engineers from UK Network Rail have made considerable progress to reopen the major Settle to Carlisle service next month, earlier than planned. The rail line was closed after approximately 500,000t of ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Settle-Carlisle line and we’re remembering this iconic piece of our railway heritage. The route is a 73-mile-long (117km) main railway line which crosses ...

The Settle & Carlisle Railway soars across the Pennines on lofty viaducts with a mystique unrivalled by any other railway. Today its grandeur recreates the railway's greatest days - when steam was ...

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Bells rang out and mulled wine flowed at a Christmas community gathering at Appleby railway station. The station hosted the ...

Tickets for a second steam train experience from Bradford have been launched, after tickets for the first journey sold out. The Border City Express will run from Bradford to Carlisle and back on ...

Passengers travelling on the West Coast Main Line this Christmas are being urged to check before they travel ahead of a ...

A NEW fleet of bespoke refreshment trolleys is joining the Settle Carlisle Railway in its 150th anniversary year. The refreshment trolley service on the world-famous rail route celebrated 20 years of ...

The Settle and Carlisle was built to provide the Midland Railway with its own route to Scotland It was a magnificent engineering feat making a smooth path through difficult terrain that was fit for ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Settle-Carlisle line and we’re remembering this iconic piece of our railway heritage. Tales of the Settle-Carlisle railway by WR Mitchell (Image: Submitted ...