Settle-Carlisle Railway

(Airedale Line)

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Settle

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Horton-in-Ribblesdale

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Ribblehead

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Dent

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Garsdale

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Kirkby Stephen

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Appleby

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Lazonby and Kirkoswald

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Armathwaite

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Carlisle

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The Settle–Carlisle Railway (S&C) is a 72 mile (115 km) long main railway line in northern England. It is also known by the terms Settle to Carlisle and Settle and Carlisle, or by a fuller title the Leeds–Skipton–Settle–Carlisle Railway. It is a part of the British railway system and was constructed in the 1870s.

Related Topics:
Railway - England - British railway system - 1870s

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The line runs through remote regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, and is considered to be one of the most scenic railways in England.

Related Topics:
Yorkshire Dales - North Pennines

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Due to a combination of the hilly terrain through which it passes, and the fact that it was constructed to main-line standard rather than as a local railway, the S&C was a major trial of engineering. It contains 14 tunnels and 17 viaducts, the most notable being the Ribblehead Viaduct.

Related Topics:
Tunnel - Viaduct - Ribblehead Viaduct

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The line runs from near the town of Settle, beginning at a junction with the line from Leeds to Morecambe, extending to the town of Carlisle on the England/Scotland border. On the way the line passes through the town of Appleby and a number of small communities.

Related Topics:
Settle - Leeds - Morecambe - Carlisle - Town - Appleby

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