Appleby railway station
- This article is about the railway station in Cumbria, England. For other similarly named railway stations see Appleby railway station (disambiguation).
Appleby | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Eden |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | APP |
| Key dates | |
| 1 May 1876 | Station opens as Appleby |
| 1 September 1952 | Renamed Appleby West |
| 6 May 1968 | Renamed Appleby |
Appleby railway station is a railway station which serves the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria, England. It is operated by Northern who provide all passenger train services. The station is 30+1⁄2 miles (49.1 km) south east of Carlisle on the Settle-Carlisle Line.
The station was formerly called Appleby West, the older Appleby East station was nearby on the Eden Valley Railway. The buildings of Appleby East still survive.
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.[1]
History
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 on 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.
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+1⁄4 miles from London (St Pancras) on the Midland Railway route via Leicester, Derby, Sheffield and Leeds.
Facilities
The main brick-built station building with booking office and waiting room is located on the northbound platform. A smaller brick-built waiting room is located on the southbound platform. A period footbridge links the two platforms.
There is a water tank with water tower at the south end of the platform which is used to supply steam locomotives which stop with southbound trains during special excursions on the Settle and Carlisle line.
Services
There is generally a service every two hours daily northbound to Carlisle and southbound to Leeds[2] - seven each way in total since the May 2011 timetable change, a modest improvement on the former schedule of seven northbound & six southbound trains on weekdays, plus an extra SX early morning departure to Kirkby Stephen only and an extra morning departure for Leeds on Saturdays.
Four services each way call on Sundays (including one afternoon express service to Nottingham introduced at the December 2012 timetable change), increasing to five in the summer months (the extra trains being the DalesRail service to/from Preston & Blackpool North).
Services have been disrupted since 28 January 2016 by a landslip at Eden Brow (near Armathwaite, which has destabilised the embankment on the eastern side of the railway where it passes through the Eden Gorge. An emergency timetable is in operation, with all trains from the south terminating here and buses running onwards to Carlisle until repairs are completed.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
External links
- Train times and station information for Appleby railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map. Southerly of the two stations.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkby Stephen | Northern Settle-Carlisle Line |
Langwathby | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Ormside | Midland Railway Settle-Carlisle Railway |
Long Marton | ||