Garsdale is a railway station in Cumbria, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 51 miles 29 chains (82.7 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the village of Garsdale and town of Sedbergh, South Lakeland in Cumbria, and the market town of Hawes, Richmondshire in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
A British Rail Class 47 locomotive no.47561 hauling diverted inter-city West Coast train passes Garsdale signal box and disused station on the Down Main line in March 1984
Statue of Ruswarp at Garsdale Railway Station in April 2009
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