You can listen to Michael Portillo's radio programme on the post-Beeching cuts, which was broadcast last Saturday at 8pm on Radio 4. Click on this link to listen again: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h2c9p
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In addition to joining FoSCL or renewing your membership online, there are now a couple of other enhancements available to you:
- gift membership
- FoSCL Dales Railcard
Why not buy a relative or friend ...
Walking tours on foot around the railway construction site at Ribblehead will take place every Wednesday from July 4th to September 12th inclusive plus Saturday 18th August.
On all days there will be two walks available: a short walk of
approximately two and a half miles covering...
How would you like to spend a few days staying in the station building at Kirkby Stephen West? Not only can you watch all the trains on the Settle-Carlisle line passing your window, but you're in the heart of the upper Eden Valley with fabulous views of the nearby fells. And the bustling...
Since the end of the Metro special offer on 23rd March, the trains are back to normal, with plenty of seats on most trains. Come walking in the Dales and the Eden Valley, or admire the scenery along the entire Settle-Carlisle route! This is the best time of year, before the trees come into...
As part of the Settle-Carlisle Walking Festival, Everest mountaineer Alan Hinkes OBE will perform the starting ceremony for two guided walks from Garsdale station on Friday May 4, during the Settle-Carlisle Walking Festival.
“The May 4...
Statesman Rail are pleased to announce that the new series of ITV’s popular series ‘The Dales’ will air in March and in addition to our “Fellsman” steam train being featured on the opening credits of every episode we will have our own feature in episode 2 when...
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...
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...
News archive - contains old news from the FoCSL website.