Settle to Carlisle line: Rail replacement service this weekend

Thursday, 22 October 2020 08:53

A bus service will replace the normal service between Skipton and Kirkby Stephen this weekend.

Engineering works will take place on the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle railway line from Saturday 24th to Wednesday 28th October.

Two bridges on the line in Stainforth will be replaced, as part of the £2 Million Great North Rail Project run by Network Rail.

Buses will call at Hawes, but not at Dent.

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