Refreshment Trolley Service

The Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company operates the award-winning refreshment trolley service on the Settle-Carlisle route.  Where possible, trolleys will be available on the following trains:

Northbound			Southbound
Saturday only	0812	Appleby to Carlisle	Saturday only	0834	Appleby to Settle
Monday to Saturday	0950	Settle to Carlisle	Saturday only	0926	Carlisle to Leeds (on some occasions, the trolley may leave the train at Settle or Skipton)
Monday to Saturday	1044	Settle to Carlisle	Monday to Friday	0935	Appleby to Leeds (on some occasions, the trolley may leave the train at Settle or Skipton)
Monday to Saturday	1146	Settle to Carlisle	Monday to Saturday	1151	Carlisle to Settle
Monday to Saturday	1249	Leeds to Appleby or Carlisle	Monday to Friday	1400	Carlisle to Appleby
			Saturday	1426	Carlisle to Appleby
			Monday to Friday	1503	Carlisle to Settle
			Saturday	1548	Carlisle to Settle
			Monday to Wednesday	1618	Carlisle to Appleby
Sunday	1006	Settle to Carlisle	Sunday	1007	Appleby to Settle
Sunday	1417	Settle to Appleby	Sunday	1351	Carlisle to Settle

There may be occasions, when for circumstances beyond our control, we have no alternative but to withdraw a trolley service.

Focussing on local food, we offer a range of cakes and biscuits made by Country Fare in Mallerstang.  Country Fare is based at a farm within sight of the line between Kirkby Stephen and Garsdale.  Why not try one or the award winning ginger biscuits or a piece of flapjack or speciality shortbreads and biscuits.  Forget the calories and buy a piece of the delicious chocolate caramel shortbread!

Also available is a wide range of hot and cold drinks is available including filter coffee, tea, hot chocolate, mocha, fruit infusions, water, fruit juice and a selection of confectionery, crisps etc.

On some trains between Appleby and Carlisle, you will also be able to enjoy a locally-made ice cream, produced at Winskill - a village not far from the station at Langwathby.  With a choice of flavours, vanilla, strawberry, peach & mango, chocolate, why not indulge yourself with a delicious treat.

 

Unfortunately, all tickets have been sold.

Anne & Colin, Settle Carlisle Railway Dev Co

The National Rail site www.nationalrail.co.uk now includes all 2500 UK stations in its Live Departure Boards service.   Make sure you click "back" to come back to our site when you've checked your trains!

Settle-Carlisle stations are as follows:

Leeds  Shipley  Bingley  Keighley  Skipton  Gargrave Hellifield  Long Preston

Settle
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Ribblehead
Dent
Garsdale
Kirkby Stephen
Appleby
Langwathby
Lazonby & Kirkoswald
Armathwaite
Carlisle

Why not check train running for your local station - follow this link: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ldb/fs_departures.asp

This information is also available on WAP mobile phones - click on the WAP address: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

We hope you find this feature useful (provided by ATOC - the Association of Train Operating Companies).

Information has been received indicating that engineering work will take place on every Sunday from 24 October to 5 December.  The work may be less disruptive to passenger services than originally suggested and closure of the line from Settle Junction to Carlisle is likely to occur on Sundays, 17, 24 and 31 October and 7 November. This work may also impact on some Saturday evening services.

More details will be provided when known.

Anne

Settle Carlisle Railway Dev Co 

Anne, Settle Carlisle Railway Dev Co

The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line now have their own exclusive web site, at www.foscl.org.uk .  You might ask, whatever for?  Well, the one you're now looking at is the Settle-Carlisle Partnership web site, dedicated to showing you all aspects of the world famous Settle-Carlisle Railway.  Three organisations form this partnership:  The Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company (DevCo for short), the Settle-Carlisle Railway Trust and the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL).  Each has a different mission.  The DevCo is a commercial organisation which works in an integrated fashion with Northern Rail, the train operating company on the line, to provide a refreshment trolley service, to supplement the staffing of ticket offices and to manage various projects such as the refurbishment of stations.  The Trust's main function is to help preserve, restore and maintain historic buildings and structures along the line.

In contrast, there are a number of activities which are unique to FoSCL: we run regular guided walks from stations along the line, we provide On Train Guides for groups travelling on the S&C, we maintain most of the station gardens and perform a variety of tasks aimed at enhancing people's experience of "England's Most Scenic Railway".  We are all volunteers - see the new web site for more details. 

We also run shops selling items relevant to the Settle-Carlisle Line, at Settle and Appleby stations and online at www.foscl.co.uk .  Why not visit us?  Have a look around the new site at www.foscl.org.uk  and if you then think we are worth supporting you can join us online.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Richard
FoSCL Webmaster

Why not explore the delights of Wensleydale or Teesdale by train and heritage bus?   For a day out with a difference, catch the Settle & Carlisle train to Kirkby Stephen and then the booked connection with the Cumbria Classic Coaches old-time bus to either Hawes (Tuesdays only, with an extension to Ribblehead Viaduct from 6 July) or Middleton-in-Tees & Barnard Castle (Wednesdays only).   Travel out on the 0849 from Leeds or 0853 from Carlisle, return on the 1618 from Carlisle or 1449 from Leeds.  The buses are all over 50 years old but very reliable!   The friendly conductor will help with advice about where to go and what to see.  Best of all, there is a 20% discount on the bus fare for anyone with a valid rail ticket (the service is also valid for seniors qualifying for free travel).  Back at Kirkby Stephen, the platform shop will be open for light refreshments, cards and railwayana.  For more details see www.cumbriaclassiccoaches.co.uk

A great range of Settle Carlisle clothes is available featuring our iconic Settle Carlisle logo.  You can choose from polo shirts, sweatshirts, fleeces, and caps and they are all available in child and adult sizes.  New items have been added to the range of clothes available including a great lightweight waterproof and windproof jacket and a zipped sweatshirt.

All garments feature an embroidered logo and are great quality.

Click here to see the range of clothes and find out about ordering.

Anne, Settle Carlisle Railway Dev Co

DALES RAILCARD

For residents local to the line within the eligible postcode areas, you should consider buying a Dales Railcard.  A railcard cost £10, is valid for a year, and gives you great savings on the cost of travel between Brampton/Wetheral, Carlisle, Leeds/Bradford, Carnforth.  You can save a third on journeys and get massive savings for up to four children accompanying a railcard holder.  In addition, you can benefit when special offers are available.

For more details, go to the Dales Railcard page. 

If you have already got a Dales Railcard, please remember that they are liable to be damaged if they are placed near any source of heat or are laminated.

FRIENDS OF THE SETTLE-CARLISLE LINE RAILCARD

John Livesley, of mylocalweather.org.uk, said “As with all long-distance walks, it’s best to be prepared for whatever the weather may throw at you; but it certainly helps to know what the conditions ahead are likely to be. This mobile weather information will be a boon for everyone from the casual rambler to those heroic Trailtrekkers”.

The standard web view for the rail-station weather-stations at Kirkby Stephen and Ribblehead can be found at:

Actually, we should have a tab at the top of the home page for links from this site - we're working on it.  In the meantime, just click on www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/links/ to see the complete list of useful links from here.

Richard
FoSCL Webmaster

The daily service over the Settle-Carlisle line is provided by modern diesel unit trains, usually Class 158s, operated by Northern Rail.  We often receive emails and telephone calls from people who are convinced that we operate steam trains: let's be quite clear that the Settle-Carlisle Partnership, the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line, Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company and Northern Rail DO NOT operate any steam trains on the line. 

However, steam and diesel charter services do occasionally operate over the Settle-Carlisle line, although they do not stop at all local stations.  They are run by specialist charter companies.  To find out whether any steam charters are planned, see the UK steam website (http://www.uksteam.info) for more information. 

Following the successful 2009 programme, a series of steam  Fellsman charters will operate on a number of Wednesdays during 2010.  The first train will run on 2 June and then every Wednesday between 28 July and 8 September 2010.  Departing Lancaster, Preston. Bamber Bridge,Blackburn, Clitheroe and Long Preston, the steam-hauled excursion will allow the option of time in Appleby or Carlisle.  For full details of The Fellsman excursions and to make bookings, go to  http://www.statesmanrail.com/fellsman10.html.  Check out the Fellsman on television during Great Railway Journeys on BBC2 at 6.30pm on 10 January.

For a comprehensive summary of what excursions and special trains, both steam and diesel hauled, are planned for the S&C in the near future, see www.imagerail.com/S&C_Specials.pdf

PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARTER COMPANIES DIRECT AS WE ARE UNABLE TO ANSWER ANY ENQUIRIES ABOUT STEAM AND DIESEL CHARTER TRAINS.

Richard Morris, FoSCL Secretary             Anne Ridley, Settle Carlisle Railway Dev Co

Ribblehead Station Visitor Centre

Opening times of the Visitor Centre this summer have been revised.  It is now open on more days than originally announced.  See www.sandctrust.org.uk/Visitor_Centre_Opening_Times.pdf  for details.

Group visits can be booked outside these dates by prior arrangement by contacting Pat & Tony Beckwith on 015242 42584.

Richard

FoSCL Webmaster

The Settle & Carlisle Railway Trust is pleased to announce that it now has its own detailed website: www.sandctrust.org.uk.  Learn all about the various station and other building restoration projects the Trust have delivered over the past 20 years - and please help our valuable work by donating online.

Every Wednesday in July and August enjoy one of two guided tours of the archeology of Ribblehead and Blea Moor.

Each year the Association of Community Rail Partnerships holds a photographic competition in the run up to its annual awards.  There is usually some S&C representation, and this time is no exception.  See if you can find the five S&C shots - and please get voting!  This can only be done online, at http://communityrailawards2010photcomp.fotopic.net/c1873741.html.  The closing date is 3 September.

Yes its freezing, slippery and difficult to carry on as usual - so now is the perfect time to treat yourself to something wonderful - a trip on the S&C. I travelled on the route yesterday and it was breathtaking - and this after 15 years of working for the Settle-Carlisle where I thought I had seen every aspect of this famous line. Trains have been running on time (congratulations Northern Rail) and I enjoyed a lovely coffee from our trolley service.  Staff at stations have turned out in difficult conditions, as have drivers and conductors to keep the service going.  If you have a spare day and can get to the station safely then this is a trip worth taking! 

Marion

SCR Development Co

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Scroll down to see photos taken from the train on 8th January 2010 by Richard, FoSCL Webmaster

 Dentdale

 Ingleborough at sunset

 Mallerstang Edge

Ribblehead Viaduct - shadow with train

Pen-y-Ghent at sunset

River Eden from Eden Lacy viaduct

At the Rail Business Awards, held at London's Park Lane Hotel, Settle and Garsdale station received Highly commended in the DfT's popular Station Excellence category.  Joint winners for this category were Wood Lane Underground station and Three Bridges. However our S&C stations were competing with some of the nation's top stations and we were very proud and pleased to have received Highly Commended.

The entry was described as follows:  

'The spectacular and successful renovation of Settle and Garsdale stations demonstrates a highly impressive blend of modern customer service in historic, listed buildings. The delivery of these projects required huge attention to detail that took into account customer service, disabled provision, listed building status and challenging environmental conditions. Most of all, the renovation projects required true partnership, involving several organisations to raise the funds required to restore these stations to a fantastic standard’.

Once again our thanks to all concerned. Congratulations also to Northern who won the category for PR Campaign of The Year with its Northern Rail Film Challenge – an industry first partnership that gives young people a unique opportunity to produce powerful emotional films about railway safety. Congratulations to the team at Northern

 Marion

Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company 

Towards the end of August Andrew & Rachel Griffiths (and their three rescue dogs) moved in to Kirkby Stephen station as residential caretakers for the Settle & Carlisle Railway Trust.  Andrew had previously worked for 7 years on the railway, firstly as Business Manager for Wessex Trains (looking after the scenic branches of Devon & Cornwall), and ending up as Head of Environment for First Great Western, before being made redundant earlier in 2009.  Rachel set up Imagerail in 2002, providing graphic design and photographic services to the rail industry in the West Country.  Now Imagerail operates from the Midland Railway Room on Kirkby Stephen station (hard to think of a better address for a rail company!), is national in scope and also offers Andrew’s commercial consultancy skills in marketing, market research, community rail and development planning.

Part of the Midland Room has also been opened up by Imagerail as a shop, selling light refreshments (including home-baked cookies and flapjack), prints and railwayana.  Winter opening hours are flexible at this stage, but will normally be 0920-1720 Mondays to Wednesdays and Fridays, and 1420-1720 Saturdays.  In addition, the shop will open longer at weekends when special trains are passing through Kirkby Stephen, and by arrangement at any time for parties of walkers - when tasty home-made soup will also be on the menu.  Imagerail can be contacted on 01768 800208 or enquiries@imagerail.com.

 Andrew and Rachel are keen to see Kirkby Stephen station develop as more of a centre for the community, and have already produced a station-specific times, fares and access information sheet (downloadable from www.imagerail.com), and worked with the Upper Eden Community partnership to produce a poster showing how passengers arriving at the station can walk or take the bus down to the town.  A long-term goal was to have a fully-specified automatic weather station, as at Ribblehead - but thanks to the generous support of FoSCL this has been delivered already.  Have a look at www.mylocalweather.org.uk/kirkbystephen to see how much better - or not! - the weather is at Kirkby Stephen compared to Ribblehead.  The facility is especially useful for those planning a walk or photographic trip in the area, and to local residents of course.

Richard, FoSCL Webmaster

(using text supplied by Andrew)

Settle Station has been awarded the Station of the Year Award in the small station category of the National Rail Awards. Judging criteria looked for stations that excelled in providing a smooth, efficient and pleasant departure and arrival point for the travelling customer.

Joel Walker and Anne Ridley with the Awards in the Community Art and Best Station/Train Retail Outlet Categories

Cravenlink:  http://dalesbus.org/cravenlink/cravenlink.html

Grassington: Weekdays: http://dalesbus.org/skipgras.html

Grassington: Sundays and Bank Holidays http://dalesbus.org/66a.html

Malham: http://dalesbus.org/malham.html

Slaidburn (Bowland Transit): http://dalesbus.org/B10.html

Clapham/Ingleton: http://www.northyorkstravel.info/pdf/YNAO581.pdf

Hawes Village Bus: http://www.northyorkstravel.info/pdf/YNBO113.pdf

Dent Station to Dent and Sedbergh (Saturdays only): route 564 listed on http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transport/publictransport/busserv/timetables/default.asp 

There was good news on two fronts for the S&C at the National Railway Heritage awards on Wendesday 3rd December at the Merchant Taylors' hall in London. Settle signal box, moved some years ago from its original site at the station and now maintained by volunteers from the Friends, won the signal box award, beating the other shortlisted contender for the title which was Culgaith signal box - also on the S&C.

Derek Soames, himself a retired signalman with 50 (and 1 month) years of service with the railways went up on stage to collect the award from Paul Atterbury from the Antiques Roadshow.

Its recognition of the hard work put in by the Friends and the dedication of many people who have maintained the box for many years, opening it to the public for them to see orginal workings and authentic artefacts inside. 

Congratulations also to Culgaith signal box - a working signal box on the S&C refurbished to excellent standards by Network Rail.

Marion

Settle-Carlisle Railway Dev Co

On Saturday 11 April at Garsdale we are celebrating the renaissance of the Settle-Carlisle Line since its official reprieve from closure on 11^tApril 1989. This will include the official opening of the refurbished Garsdale Station and unveiling of the bronze statue of Ruswarp, the dog who was the only canine signatory of the petition to save the line.