Eden Valley Railway

This article is about the original Eden Valley railway that opened in 1862 and closed in 1989. For the heritage railway that uses part of its track, see Eden Valley Railway (heritage railway).

Eden Valley Railway
Eden Valley Railway seal
Overview
Dates of operation21 May 1858–1962
SuccessorStockton and Darlington Railway (1862)
North Eastern Railway (1863)
London and North Eastern Railway (1923)
British Railways (1948)
Eden Valley Railway
Legend
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
to Penrith
Eden Valley Junction
 Clifton Moor
Link to L&CR
closed 1874
 Clifton and Lowther
(L&CR)
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
to Tebay
 Wetheriggs Pottery siding
Cliburn
Skygarth Viaduct
over River Eden
 Temple Sowerby
Kirkby Thore
Settle–Carlisle line
to Carlisle
Appleby Junctions
 Appleby East
Appleby West
Settle–Carlisle line
to Kirkby Stephen West
Coupland Beck Viaduct
Current limit of
passenger operations
 Sandford Halt Heritage railway
(proposed)
 Warcop Heritage railway
Flitholme
 Musgrave
Musgrave Viaduct
over River Eden
Scandal Beck bridge
Waitby Crossing
So. Durham & Lancs Union Rly
to Tebay
 Kirkby Stephen East
So. Durham & Lancs Union Rly
to Barnard Castle

The Eden Valley Railway (EVR) was a railway in Cumbria, England. It ran between Clifton Junction near Penrith and Kirkby Stephen via Appleby-in-Westmorland.

Passenger traffic ended in 1962 and the line was reduced to the track between the junction at Appleby station with the Settle-Carlisle Line and Kirkby Stephen which served a quarry. By 1976 all that was left was 6 miles (10 km) of track between Appleby in Westmorland and Flitholme. It was used by infrequent British Army services to Warcop Training Area until 1989.

In 1995 the Eden Valley Railway Society was formed with the aim of reinstating services and restoring on the line. Heritage railway services resumed in 2006 between Warcop and Sandford, with an extension of 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) being opened in 2013, giving a current running line of almost 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km).