Michael Portillo travelled from Carlisle to Ribblehead, then on to Settle, on Monday 23rd January.
He is making a radio documentary on the post-Beeching closures. The S&C is of course a shining example of one that didn't happen.
He was met at...
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Apply online for FoSCL membership! Existing members can also renew online.
We've had our own online membership pages created especially for FoSCL by our developer, Arron King of Carlisle. We've worked closely with him on the appearance of the membership pages...
Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, is offering a special offer of one full price adult admission upon purchase of a full price adult ticket. Offer valid until 31st March 2012.
Full details of exhibitions and gallery from the ...
Carlisle MP John Stevenson has launched the UK's first dedicated iPhone app to act as an on-train guide for passengers. Speaking at an event at Carlisle's Hallmark Hotel, he described the 21st century communication technology behind the app as today's equivalent of what the Victorians achieved...
FELLSMAN
Wednesday 6 June then every Wednesday from 4 July - 29 August
Departing From:
Lancaster 08.05/20.20 Preston 08.35/19.25 Bamber Bridge 08.50/ 19.05 Blackburn 09.05/18.50 Clitheroe 09.35/18.20 Long Preston (near Settle) 10.50/17.25
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A great winter offer from Northern Rail
for Dales Railcard holders
*A £6.50 flat-fare adult day return ticket (Period return & single journeys are...
Walking - a Social, environmental and economic priority.
A one day conference to be held on Wednesday 16th November 2011 in the Victoria Hall, Saltaire. Booking deadline October 31st.
SCENE Members - £10, Non-Members £15, Non-...
Thieves who stole signalling cable caused major disruption to trains in the Leeds area on Sunday morning 2nd October. The theft which took place in the Micklefield area meant that no trains departed from Leeds until around 10 am. This included the 09.00 Leeds-Settle-Carlisle service...
The closure of Settle Station ticket office is being considered in the McNulty Report on value for money in the rail industry, published in April this year. As Chairman of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line, I have written to the Editor of the Craven Herald as follows:
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A series of 10 short 'postcard' self guided walks has been published by the Friends of the Settle Carlisle Line. Each postcard describes a short circular walk from one of the stations along the line and is aimed at encouraging visitors to explore the immediate vicinity of the stations....
One hundred station name signs are up for grabs in an online auction being organised by ImageRail, based at Kirkby Stephen Station.
The signs are aluminium and date from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Roughly half are from stations in the north of England and include Armathwaite...
The latest programme of guided walks for July to December has been published and leaflets giving full details of all the walks are being distributed to stations, tourist information offices, and other outlets etc.
FoSCL volunteers lead guided walks from stations up and down the...
The latest edition of Rail magazine has a first class 8-page feature on the Settle-Carlisle Line by well-known journalist Steve Broadbent. In it he quotes extensively from my predecessor as FoSCL Chairman, Mark Rand, and myself.
There are also some excellent...
The signal box at Armathwaite station was brought into service on July 16th 1899. It is of timber construction, measures 16’6 x 11’6 and houses a 16 lever tumbler frame. It was decommissioned and retired from service on January 15th 1983.
The Friends of the Settle...
FoSCL member Stephen Bainbridge is holding an exhibition of railway and landscape paintings, including several of the Settle-Carlisle line, at the Henshaw Gallery, Crosby Street, Carlisle from 11 June to 2 July.
Entrance is free and all members welcome.
FoSCL has made a major contribution to the saving of the Saturday bus service from Dent station.
At the April committee meeting, it was voted that "The committee will offer a grant of £1500 towards the cost of the running of the 564 bus service provided...
Sunday 22 May saw a group of Northern stakeholders descend on Settle for a very informative day out. Stakeholder days are organised by Northern as a way of saying thank you to various groups and individuals who make a real difference to the railway and the...
Kirkby Stephen, half way between Settle and Carlisle, is a wonderful place to visit! Two new developments have transformed the station and the area.
First, Rachel Griffiths, tenant jointly with husband Andrew of Kirkby Stephen West station, has opened a tearoom at the station:
...Carlisle Station improvements to the waiting area in front of Platforms 5 & 6 are now finished, though still surrounded by barriers. Today, Tuesday 22nd March, I managed to poke my camera through the gaps between the barriers and take the shots below. At long last, we have a...
Eagle eyed visitors to the FoSCL web site will have noticed a number of new photos on the home page including an atmospheric 'appearance' of a Virgin Voyager at Garsdale. These images have been taken by Carsten Lundsten, one of FoSCL's many overseas members, who lives in Denmark. Carsten...
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