Heritage railway stations · North East England
Appleby railway station
In or near Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Appleby railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Rob Farrow — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Appleby · 0.0 km
- Free entry
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
Appleby railway station is located in Westmorland and Furness, with the postcode CA16 6TT. Entry to the station is free, but wheelchair access is limited. The nearest railway station is Appleby, which is 0 km away.
About
Appleby railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2020
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Eden and Tributaries SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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 Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. 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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
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. 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. Following the withdrawal of local stopping trains in May 1970 it was one of only two stations on the Settle-Carlisle line to remain open, Settle being the other, When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5803, -2.4866
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Appleby-in-Westmorland
- Postcode
- CA16 6TT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Nearest railway station
- Appleby — 0 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q2169384 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Appleby railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Appleby railway station?
- Appleby railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA16 6TT), in the parish of Appleby-in-Westmorland.
- What is Appleby railway station?
- Appleby railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Appleby railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Appleby, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode CA16 6TT.
- Who owns Appleby railway station?
- Appleby railway station is owned by Northern Trains.
- Is Appleby railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Appleby railway station is part of the River Eden and Tributaries SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Appleby railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Appleby railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Appleby railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Appleby, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CA16 6TT.