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|          | | Reforming Rail Franchising[Last Updated: Saturday 04 September 2010] The Department for Transport is seeking responses currently to its consultation document called Reforming Rail Franchising. See the DfT web site for details and to download a copy of the document. Richard Morris Secretary, Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line Bridge strike[Last Updated: Sunday 29 August 2010] An Argos van hit the bridge at Kirkby Stephen West station on 26th August. Below is an eye witness account from David Singleton, FoSCL's Guided Walks Coordinator.
"Yesterday (Thursday) 15.20 at Kirkby Stephen station. We'd just arrived back from 'reccying' our next walk and were waiting for the 16.29 to Carlisle. We heard the bang, I alerted the signalman and the line was closed for about an hour until Network Rail had checked the bridge. Richard Ten Great Reasons[Last Updated: Friday 20 August 2010] You can see the latest brochure here giving you a glimpse at what the Settle-Carlisle Railway has to offer.
Anne Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Co Ltd Station improvements[Last Updated: Friday 20 August 2010] We have received an update from Network Rail on planned infrastructure work at two stations on the S&C.. In addition to the work at Garsdale the car park at Armathwaite will be slightly extended and resurfaced. Extra lighting will be installed, heritage lamps of course. Two further lighting columns are on order, thesewill be installed either side of the toilet block at Garsdale. Work is scheduled for earlyOctober, although something was going on at Garsdale last Thursday, 19th August. Cost of Garsdale and Armathwaite approx.£300k.
Richard
An excellent car-free day out[Last Updated: Wednesday 26 May 2010] 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 Settle-Carlisle Clothing[Last Updated: Saturday 27 February 2010]
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 Railcards for locals and members of the Friends[Last Updated: Wednesday 07 October 2009] 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.
The "Friends Gold Card" is available to FoSCL members. It provides those living outside the Dales Railcard postcode areas with the same benefits. It costs just £12 per year on top of Friends membership. You can now apply for or renew your Friends membership on-line, and purchase a Gold Card if you're already a member. Click here to go to on-line applications and renewals. The Friends are very grateful to Northern Rail for this significant development and hope that it increases the passenger numbers on the line, whilst providing another valuable membership benefit. There is a £2 additional charge over a Dales Railcard (eligibility for which is postcode-restricted) but this is however ringfenced for spending on projects on the Settle-Carlisle line only, and will be apportioned by the Friends, the Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company and Northern Rail. The Friends also provide guided walks throughout the year, station shops at Settle and Appleby, volunteer on-train guides on up to 6 trains per day (handing out line guides and information) as well as looking after many of the stations. See the About Us section for more details.
Rail station weather info on your mobile[Last Updated: Tuesday 27 April 2010] Easter Sunday 4 April saw the start of the annual Dalesrail trains from Blackpool over the Settle to Carlisle line. Walkers can now benefit from getting live weather information and forecasts direct to their mobile phone. So there’s no excuse about whether to don the sun tan cream, or not getting back to the station in time to avoid the rain. Anyone who has a cell phone with web access can now receive live weather feeds from the weather stations at Kirkby Stephen and Ribblehead rail stations. This is an offshoot of the very popular weather reports on the mylocalweather.org.uk network, the weather stations being funded by the Friends of the Settle Carlisle line. Upper and Lower Wharfedale are also on the weather network. The mobile sites are found at m.mylocalweather.org.uk/kirkbystephen and m.mylocalweather.org.uk/ribblehead, and show a wealth of information, including the actual and feels-like temperatures plus the trend; visibility, sunshine and sun strength; cloud height, rainfall and humidity; time of sunrise and sunset; and also a forecast. These live weather feeds will be used by participants as they prepare for a 100km charity walk for Oxfam on 5/6 June, starting at Skipton. The ‘Trailtrekker 2010’ event is a team charity challenge across the Yorkshire Dales (including passing through Horton-in-Ribblesdale), designed to raise funds for Oxfam’s vital work helping the poor around the world. 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: Help for Eden Valley Hospice[Last Updated: Friday 03 September 2010]
Eden Valley Hospice provides specialised palliative care for terminally ill patients and their families along with a wide range of vital supporting services, free of charge throughout North Cumbria. It also operates a Children's Hospice that cares for life-limited children and their families across Cumbria and the South of Scotland. We are supporting the fundraising efforts for the Hospice by collecting used postage stamps at Appleby Railway Station. If you would like to support our effort, please send any used postage stamps to us at the following address: SCRDC Postage Stamp Appeal Railway Station Clifford Street APPLEBY CA16 6TT Alternatively, if you are in the Appleby area, why not call at the station and put the stamps in our collecting box in the main waiting room. Thank you for your support Anne Settle Carlisle Railway Development Co Ltd Heritage Open Days at Kirkby Stephen Stations[Last Updated: Sunday 05 September 2010] Both Kirkby Stephen West station (on the Settle & Carlisle Line) and Kirkby Stephen East station (on the former Stainmore route) will be taking part in English Heritage’s annual ‘Heritage Open Days’ on the weekend of 11 and 12 September. Up the hill out of town on the A685 Kirkby Stephen to Tebay road, the Midland Railway ‘West’ station of 1875 has been carefully restored by the Settle & Carlisle Railway Trust. For the Heritage Open Days the tenants of the station, Imagerail, will be hosting a display of 19th and early 20th century Midland Railway items, together with more recent signalling plans from Kirkby Stephen, Appleby North and Culgaith signal boxes (courtesy of the Roy Burrows Midland Railway Trust and the S&C Railway Trust) At the bottom of the hill, the North Eastern Railway ‘East’ station of 1861 will have a special exhibition of photographs of the demolition of the line, taken in 1962 by Barnard Castle photographer John Birkbeck. Volunteers will also be on hand to talk about ideas for next year’s ‘Stainmore 150’ celebrations, which will mark a major milestone in bringing this charismatic station - which in its heyday provided jobs for over a hundred Kirkby Stephen residents - back to life. Both stations will be serving tasty home-made refreshments and selling rail-related items, and a warm welcome is assured. Visitors are encouraged to take the train (through services between Leeds and Carlisle) to visit Kirkby Stephen. The sites are 2/3rd mile apart, linked by a footpath across the fields and lanes. There is also a limited bus service on the A685 on the Saturday, and on the Sunday it is hoped to have free heritage taxi service, featuring an Austin ex-London taxi of 1937 vintage (although donations for travelling in it are welcome). Opening times for Kirkby Stephen West are 1000-1720 on Saturday 11 September and 1015-1830 on Sunday 12 September; and 1000-1600 both days at Kirkby Stephen East. Andrew Griffiths, caretaker at Kirkby Stephen West, said “The two stations for the town are very different, but both are fascinating examples of our nation’s rail heritage - and well worth a visit!”
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