Date: 13/12/2013

Thirty years ago British Rail announced plans to close the famous Settle to Carlisle railway, one of the last great main lines of the Victorian era. But campaigners fought hard to save it and, after a long struggle, they succeeded. Now it is a thriving passenger and freight route, clocking up 1.2 million journeys a year.

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Settle to Carlisle line 'thriving'

BBC News Video

Thirty years after plans to close to the Settle to Carlisle railway were fought and overturned the route is thriving.

Fight to save Settle-Carlisle line

BBC News

How the campaign to save the Settle-Carlisle railway line from closure 30 years ago was helped by a minor legal slip-up.