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Ribblehead Station

Our first major project: restoring Ribblehead station to create a Visitor Centre which opened in 2000

Ribblehead station closed in 1970 and re-opened as an unstaffed halt in 1975. The building gradually deteriorated and required major repair work. The Trust agreed a 125-year lease in 1999 and work commenced immediately. The new Visitor Centre opened in October 2000 and won the Ian Allan railway Heritage Award that year.

The station is very exposed and requires continual maintenance.

read about some of our other projects

An essential Guide to ensure the spirit of the Settle Carlisle Line lives on. The whole of the line was designated as a Conservation Area...

We have created a ‘Railway Room’ at the Museum telling the story of the Settle-Carlisle line and the people who worked on it. In 2019...