Place Settle Station code SET DfT category E Number of platforms 2 Original company Midland Railway | Grid reference SD817634 Managed by Northern 2011/12 0.139 million | |
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Address Settle BD24 9BN, United Kingdom Similar Giggleswick railway station, Horton‑in‑Ribblesdale railway station, Long Preston railway st, Gargrave railway station, Bentham railway station | ||
Settle railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the town of Settle in North Yorkshire, England. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. It is situated at the southern end of the Settle-Carlisle Line 41 1⁄2 miles (67 km) north of Leeds. Settle is also served by Giggleswick railway station under one mile to the west of the town.
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History and facilities
The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders. The station was opened with the line on 1 May 1876 and was originally named Settle New to distinguish it from the nearby station on a different route, which was renamed Settle Old at the same time. Settle New was renamed Settle on 1 July 1879, by which time Settle Old had become Giggleswick. Goods facilities were withdrawn from the station in 1970.
The railway station is located very close to the town centre and is staffed on a part-time basis. There is a range of facilities available (including waiting room, toilets and a souvenir shop) in the main buildings on the southbound platform. There is a period stone-built waiting room located on the northbound platform.
The platforms are linked by an ex-North British Railway footbridge that was formerly located at Drem station in East Lothian until electrification of the ECML made it redundant. It was then dismantled and re-erected here in 1993 to allow the old barrow crossing at the north end of the station to be taken out of regular use (though the crossing is still available for wheelchair users when the station is staffed).
A ticket machine is available for use when the booking office is closed. Train running information is provided by timetable posters, a P.A system and telephone.
The old station signal box (abolished in 1984) has been restored as a visitor attraction by the Friends of the Settle - Carlisle Line and is located behind the southbound platform and is open to the public at certain times.
Accidents and incidents
On 21 January 1960, an express passenger train was derailed and then collided with a northbound freight due to a defect on the BR Standard Class 7 locomotive hauling it. Five people were killed and nine were injured.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service southbound to Leeds (eight trains a day in total Mon-Sat) and northbound to Carlisle (seven). The last train of the day from Leeds runs only as far as Ribblehead and the corresponding return to Leeds (Skipton on Saturdays) starts back from there. Trains are currently (July 2016) terminating/starting from either Appleby or Armathwaite whilst Network Rail repairs a major landslip at Eden Brows (between Armathwaite & Carlisle). A replacement bus service is in operation over the affected section until the project to repair the line is completed in March 2017.
On Sundays there are now four trains in each direction throughout the year (including one through train to Nottingham), plus an additional summer service between Preston and Carlisle via Blackburn and Clitheroe (northbound in the morning, returning south in the afternoon) operated by Northern Rail under the Dalesrail brand.
The new Northern franchise awarded to Arriva Rail North in December 2015 and which started in April 2016, will see modest service improvements from the station, with one extra weekday service each way and two extra trains each way on Sundays.