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The Settle–Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds–Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders.
Blea Moor Tunnel is a (1.494 mi, 2.404 km) railway tunnel located between Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent railway station in England. It is the longest tunnel on the Settle-Carlisle Line , being almost twice as long as the second longest tunnel, Rise Hill Tunnel .
Rise Hill Tunnel is a 1,213-yard (1,109 m) long tunnel that takes the Settle–Carlisle line beneath Black Moss in Cumbria, England. It is the second longest tunnel on the line after Blea Moor which is 2,629 yards (2,404 m). The route through Rise Hill Tunnel connects Dentdale with Garsdale, and for the most part, follows the contour line of ...
A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length, though it may be considered to be at least twice as long as wide. Some government bodies define a tunnel as 150 metres (0.093 mi) in length or longer. [1] A tunnel may be for pedestrians or cyclists, for general road traffic, for motor vehicles only, for rail traffic, or for ...
The Settle–Carlisle Line is one of three north–south main lines, along with the West Coast Main Line through Penrith and the East Coast Main Line via Newcastle. [17] During 2016, the line carried seven passenger trains from Leeds to Carlisle per day in each direction, [18] and long-distance excursions, many hauled by preserved steam ...
On 15 January 1999, a similar incident occurred around 10 miles (16 km) from the site of the 1995 accident, at Crosby Garrett Tunnel, north of Kirkby Stephen. A landslide caused a Carlisle-bound Class 156 Sprinter to derail. [10] The driver of the train promptly departed after the derailment, to protect the train with detonators. [10]
The 661-yard (604 m) Culgaith Tunnel lies nearby. A serious accident occurred just to the north of here in March 1930, when the 8:05 am stopping passenger train from Hellifield to Carlisle collided with a stationary engineers train that was engaged in unloading ballast in Waste Bank Tunnel. The driver of the local train and one passenger died ...
Dent Head Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the Settle–Carlisle line in Dentdale, Cumbria, England. It is the second major viaduct on the line northwards after Ribblehead Viaduct, and is just north of Blea Moor Tunnel at milepost 251, and to the south of Arten Gill Viaduct. Construction of the viaduct began in 1869, and it was completed in 1875 ...