Appleby is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 30 miles 60 chains (49.5 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland, Eden in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Appleby railway station
A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of Appleby. Present station is shown as MIDLAND STA.
Mile post at Appleby
The watering crane stood at the end of platform 2 waiting to water the next steam engine.
The Settle–Carlisle line is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders. The historic line was constructed in the 1870s and has several notable tunnels and viaducts such as the imposing Ribblehead.
Steam locomotive Sir Lamiel on the Ribblehead Viaduct in 1982
The Flying Scotsman crosses Dent Head Viaduct, August 2021
1986 Transport Users Consultative Committee hearing in Carlisle
Statue of Ruswarp at Garsdale railway station
