Appleby railway station

Appleby is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 30 miles 60 chains (49.5 km) south-east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Eden, Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Appleby
National Rail
General information
LocationAppleby-in-Westmorland, Eden
England
Coordinates54°34′49″N 2°29′12″W / 54.5804100°N 2.4865360°W / 54.5804100; -2.4865360
Grid referenceNY686206
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeAPP
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
1 May 1876Opened as Appleby
1 September 1952Renamed Appleby West
6 May 1968Renamed Appleby
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 57,526
2019/20Increase 60,310
2020/21Decrease 11,232
2021/22Increase 47,476
2022/23Increase 52,674
Services
Preceding station Northern Following station
Kirkby Stephen
towards Leeds via Settle
Settle and Carlisle Line Langwathby
towards Carlisle
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureOriginal Midland Railway station building
Designated14 May 1990
Reference no.1311476[1]
Location
Appleby is located in the former Eden District
Appleby
Appleby
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Appleby is located in Cumbria
Appleby
Appleby
Location in Cumbria, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station was formerly known as Appleby West, with the older Appleby East station located nearby on the Eden Valley Railway. The buildings of Appleby East still survive.

History

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A 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (right) railways in the vicinity of Appleby. The present station is shown as MIDLAND STA

The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2] Opened by the Midland Railway at the same time as the line itself in May 1876, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. It was one of only two stations on the Settle-Carlisle line to remain open, Settle being the other, following the withdrawal of local stopping trains in May 1970.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail.

 
Mile post at Appleby

The line through the station is often used as a diversionary route for the West Coast Main Line for both passenger and freight trains. A pre-nationalisation milepost on the southbound platform marks the station's location 277+14 miles (446.2 km) miles from London (St Pancras) on the Midland Railway route via Leicester, Derby, Sheffield and Leeds.

Facilities

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The main brick-built station building with booking office and waiting room is located on the northbound platform; this is the original building of 1876. A smaller brick-built waiting room, also of 1876, is located on the southbound platform. A period wrought iron lattice footbridge links the two platforms. Step-free access to both is also available, via the road underbridge & ramps to the southbound platform, direct from the station entrance for northbound travellers.[3] The booking office is open for nine hours per day, six days per week (not Sundays); tickets can be purchased from a ticket vending machine when the office is closed. Train running times are available via telephone and timetable posters, with customer information screens on both platforms and public address to announce trains.

To the north are a number of engineers sidings, which once formed the connection to the Eden Valley branch to Warcop, Kirkby Stephen East and Barnard Castle; an active signal box was repaired and refurbished in the autumn of 2019 to fix issues with rotten timbers and box foundations.

The main station building is Grade II listed;[1] the waiting room on the northbound platform and the station's footbridge are separately Grade II listed. The footbridge was moved to Appleby West from Mansfield in 1901.[4]

Services

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Northern Trains
Route 7
Settle & Carlisle
& Bentham lines
 
Carlisle
 
Armathwaite
 
Lazonby & Kirkoswald
 
Langwathby
 
Appleby
 
Kirkby Stephen
 
Garsdale
 
Dent
 
Ribblehead
 
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
 
Settle
 
 
Heysham Port
 
 
Morecambe
 
 
Bare Lane
 
 
Lancaster
 
 
Carnforth
 
 
Wennington
 
 
Bentham
 
 
Clapham
 
 
Giggleswick
 
 
 
Long Preston
 
Hellifield
 
Gargrave
 
Skipton
 
Keighley
 
Bingley
 
Shipley
 
Leeds

There is generally a service every two hours daily northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Leeds. Six services each way call on Sundays, including one to Nottingham.[5]

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Kirkby Stephen   Northern Trains
Settle and Carlisle Line
  Langwathby
  Historical railways  
Ormside   Midland Railway
Settle and Carlisle Line
  Long Marton

Accidents and incidents

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  • Well-known railway photographer and enthusiast Bishop Eric Treacy died at Appleby railway station on 13 May 1978 after suffering a heart attack whilst waiting to photograph Evening Star, which was due to pass through the station on a rail tour. A plaque located on the down platform commemorates the spot.[6]
  • Services had been disrupted from 28 January 2016, due to a landslip at Eden Brows (north of Armathwaite) which destabilised the embankment on the eastern side of the railway, where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable was put into operation, with trains from the south terminating or starting at Appleby, and buses running between Appleby and Carlisle.[7] Since 27 June 2016 some rail services were restored further north to Armathwaite, with bus links to and from Carlisle, Penrith, Appleby and Armathwaite continuing to supplement the train service.[8] Repair works were due to continue until the end of March 2017.[9] These were completed on schedule, with the line reopening through to Carlisle on 31 March 2017.

Steam Specials

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There is a water tank with water crane at the south end of platform 2 which is used to supply steam locomotives which stop with southbound trains during special excursions on the Settle and Carlisle line.

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Historic England. "Appleby Station, Main Building (1311476)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Appleby station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016
  4. ^ Appleby Station Co-Curate; Retrieved 1 October 2018
  5. ^ "Timetables and engineering information for travel with Northern". Northern Railway. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  6. ^ The Settle and Carlisle line ISBN 978-1-85895-263-5
  7. ^ "Latest Network Rail landslip disruption closes the Settle-Carlisle line". Rail.co.uk. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Trains run Leeds to/from Armathwaite". The Settle - Carlisle Railway. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle line section shut until 2017"BBC News; Retrieved 7 July 2016

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