Early morning trains now stop at Dent

FoSCL campaigned for the early morning southbound train to stop at the smaller stations along the line when through trains in each direction were introduced in the last franchise.  Eventually Garsdale, Langwathby and Lazonby were added, leaving just Dent without a service until after 10 am!

FoSCL met Northern Rail's timetabling manager and pointed out that there were 4 minutes slack at Ribblehead and that a stop at Dent would only add 1 1/2 minutes.  Nothing happened for a while.  Finally, 5 years later, this train and the northbound one will stop at Dent.

From 21st May, people living in and around Dent have been able to catch the 7.05am train to Leeds and the 6.47am train to Carlisle to commute to work or go shopping.

It's not just FoSCL, the new service comes after constant pressure put on Northern by local people, the parish council, MP Tim Farron and local Lib Dem district councillor Ian Mitchell.

It shouldn't require so much effort and have to take so long for such a trivial and obvious improvement to be made!