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Location notes
Located about 15 miles South-East of Penrith on the Settle and Carlisle line. This is a very scenic route and attracts a large number of tourists and ramblers.
Railway type and traffic
Almost exclusively class 158s on the two hourly passenger service, with the occasional 153s.
Freight is sparse with only 3 to 5 daily scheduled workings during day time DBC & DRS 66's plus Colas 60's on the log train with occasional STP freight workings including Freightliner 66's.
During the summer there can be a couple of charters each week including steam.
Freight is sparse with only 3 to 5 daily scheduled workings during day time DBC & DRS 66's plus Colas 60's on the log train with occasional STP freight workings including Freightliner 66's.
During the summer there can be a couple of charters each week including steam.
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Environment
Appleby is situated on the Western side of the Pennines. The weather may change at any time. It would be advisable to have warm clothing to hand.
Road directions
Come off the A66 onto the B6542 (Signposted Appleby) The station is signposted off this road.
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Appleby map co-ordinates
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Appleby map co-ordinates
Parking
As well as the station car park there are few parking restrictions in the local streets. Please be sensitive to residents when parking.
Public transport
There is a train roughly every 2 hours in each direction to Leeds and Carlisle.
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Amenities
There are plenty of shops and tourist facilities in the village, which is a few minutes walk away. The return to the station is up a hill. Details of the station facilities can be found here.
Accommodation
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Appleby
Streetmap links
Appleby general view map
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Appleby
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Photographic notes
The station is one of the high points in the village of Appleby, so there is little to throw shadows across the north to south facing tracks .There is a small hill to the south of the station providing some height against subjects, as well as the station footbridge. There are semaphore signals along the line, so you get a few minutes notice before a train arrives.
Links to photographs at this location
Northern Railways - Appleby
General views - All photographs © Craig Allan unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Taken from the station overbiridge you can get a nice shot of trains approaching from the north.
Fig 2 - Looking north
Same angle as Fig 1 but from the platforms. The semaphore to the left of this picture does not appear to be vertical!
Fig 3 - Looking south
This view shows a local service stnading under the footbridge.
Fig 4 - Looking south
Taken from the southern end of the southbound platform this view shows an arriving northbound service.
Location Video
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
