EDEN VALLEY RAILWAY

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The 'Eden Valley Railway' is located near Appleby in Cumbria. Services resumed in 2006 on part of the 6 mile standard gauge route from Appleby East to Warcop initially between Warcop and Sandford, where a halt is being considered. The line is steadily upgrading the track for public service towards Appleby East (Phase 1), Once this is achieved, the line (which already owns some land near Musgrave) is looking to reopening from Flitholme towards Musgrave and Kirkby Stephen East (Phase 2).

Contents

History

Preservation

Rolling Stock

External links

History

The original Eden Valley branch of the North Eastern Railway was opened in 1865 and ran from Clifton near Penrith on the West Coast Main Line to Kirkby Stephen where it joined with the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway also run by the NER. The line closed to passenger traffic in 1962 and by the 1970s all that was left was the 6 mile track between the Settle-Carlisle line at Appleby to Warcop used infrequently by the Army. The A66 trunk road now occupies sections of the old trackbed West of Appleby.

Preservation

In 1995 The Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of restoring the line and reintroducing a train service. Passenger trains resumed running from Warcop in 2006.

Rolling Stock

Below is a list of the rolling stock currently in use by the Eden Valley Railway:
;Diesel Multiple Units

★ BR Class 205 unit 205009
;Electrical Multiple Units

★ BR Class 412 4Bep units 2311 and 2315

★ BR Class 419 MLV units 9003 and 9005

External links

★ The Railway website