Settle railway station
Settle is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 41 miles 37 chains (66.7 km) north of Leeds, serves the market town of Settle, Craven in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Settle  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Settle, Craven England |
| Coordinates | 54°04′01″N 2°16′51″W |
| Grid reference | SD817634 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | Northern Trains |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SET |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Rail (London Midland Region) |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1876 | Opened as Settle New |
| 1 July 1879 | Renamed Settle |
| Passengers | |
| 2017/18 |  0.141 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.139 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.149 million |
| 2020/21 | 27,580 |
| 2021/22 | 0.118 million |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Feature | Original Midland Railway station building |
| Designated | 9 March 1984 |
| Reference no. | 1132349[1] |
| Location | |
.svg.png.webp)  Settle Location in North Yorkshire, England | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The market town is also served by the railway station at Giggleswick, situated about a mile to the south-west, which is on the Bentham Line, running between Leeds and Morecambe via Lancaster.
History and facilities
The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2] 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Settle New was renamed Settle on 1 July 1879, by which time Settle Old had become Giggleswick.[3] Goods facilities were withdrawn from the station in 1970.
The station was Grade II listed on 9 March 1984.[1]
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.[4] There is a period stone-built waiting room located on the northbound platform and a new stone and glass shelter on the southbound side.
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. Digital information screens were also installed here in the summer of 2019.
The former Settle Station signalbox, which has been out of railway use since 1984, was relocated further north to be adjacent to the Down platform in 1997,[5] and is open to the public on most Saturdays.[6]
The water tower situated near the station in the former goods yard was converted into residential accommodation in 2011.[7]
Stationmasters
- J. Smith 1876 - 1879[8]
- Richard Allcock 1879 - 1883[9]
- Benjamin Ash 1883[9] - 1905[10]
- Arthur Reedman Snow 1906[10] - ca. 1911
- Abraham Fearn ca. 1914 - 1924 (formerly station master at Oxenhope, afterwards station master at Clay Cross)
- Harold Tilforth 1924 - 1925 (resigned to avoid being dealt with for a cash irregularity)[11]
- John Banks ca. 1939 - 1946
- Thomas William Whetten from 1946[12] (formerly station master at Kirby Lonsdale)
- Harry Robinson
- James M. Taylor 1959 - 1965 (formerly station master at Horton in Ribblesdale)
Accidents and incidents
On 21 January 1960, an express passenger train derailed just to the north of the station (near the village of Langcliffe) 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.[13]
Services
Northern Trains Route 7 |
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Bentham Line and Settle and Carlisle Line |
Monday to Saturdays there is generally a two-hourly service southbound to Leeds (nine trains a day in total Mon-Sat[14]) and northbound to Carlisle (eight). The last train of the day from Leeds runs only as far as Ribblehead and the corresponding return to Leeds starts back from there. Trains terminated or started from either Appleby or Armathwaite from the spring of 2016 whilst Network Rail repaired a major landslip at Eden Brows (between Armathwaite & Carlisle). A replacement bus service was in operation over the affected section until the project to repair the line was completed in March 2017.[15] The project was completed on schedule and the line reopened to traffic on 31 March 2017.
On Sundays there are now six trains in each direction throughout the year (including one through train to & from Nottingham); the 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 isn't running in 2023.[16]
The new Northern franchise awarded to Arriva Rail North in December 2015 and which started in April 2016, has seen modest service improvements from the station implemented from the May 2018 timetable change, with one extra weekday service each way and two extra trains each way on Sundays.[17]
References
- Historic England. "Passenger Buildings and Platforms at Settle Station (1132349)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- Stations - Settle www.settle-carlisle.co.uk Accessed 23 November 2016
- "SCRCA List Entry Extract for LEN 1412069 | SCRCA". scrca.foscl.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- "Settle Station Signal Box | FoSCL". www.foscl.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- "Settle Station Water Tower". Visit Settle. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 717. 1871. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 57. 1881. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1026". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 66. 1899. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- "Bedroom Theft". East Kent Times and Mail. England. 30 July 1930. Retrieved 5 April 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "New Stationmaster for Settle". Lancaster Guardian. England. 29 March 1946. Retrieved 14 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Locomotive failure near Winchfield 23 November 2013" (PDF). Rail Accident Investigation Branch. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- Table 42 National Rail timetable, December 2019
- "Landslip-hit Settle-to-Carlisle line section shut until 2017"BBC News; Retrieved 7 July 2016
- Dales Rail July 2023 Update Ribble Valley Rail website news article; Retrieved 9 August 2023
- "Northern Franchise Improvements - DfT". Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
Further reading
External links
Media related to Settle railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Settle railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Preston towards Leeds |
Northern Trains Settle and Carlisle Line |
Horton-in-Ribblesdale towards Carlisle | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Settle Junction | Midland Railway Settle and Carlisle Line |
Horton-in-Ribblesdale | ||