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Caring for Historic Railway Buildings along the Line
The Settle and Carlisle
Railway Trust
Railway Trust
Registered Charity No 702724
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The Trust is proud to announce that the refreshed Visitor Centre at Ribblehead station will reopen on Wednesday 20th April. After a complete refurbishment of displays the centre will show the whole story of the Ribblehead site, with details of how and why Blea Moor tunnel was constructed, the varied history of the station itself and the construction and skilled repair of the magnificant viaduct.
An example of the new display
All visitors are most welcome, so do come along and see the new displays for yourself!
Ribblehead Visitor Centre Reopens!
The images on this website are courtesy of the SCRT, Tony Freschini, Martin Firth and Andrew & Rachel Griffiths of ImageRail, Copyright (C) 2010
'Ribblehead Re-born' the excellent book by WR Mitchell with advice and support from A P Freschini (Resident Engineer), and Geoff Bounds (Project Manager), has been re-published and can be purchased at both Ribblehead and Kirkby Stephen Station shops. A great read it is a well illustrated account of the viaduct's history, folklore, design, construction and survival and retails at £7.95