Settle to Carlisle railway to fully reopen March 2017

The Settle-Carlisle railway will fully reopen in March 2017, more than a year after it was partly closed due to a major landslip, Network Rail said.

Some 500,000 tonnes of earth under the tracks at Eden Brows gave way in February after weeks of downpours, shutting the scenic route, which is popular with tourists.

The £23 million repair project has seen hundreds of steel tubes filled with concrete set into the hillside to form a corridor on which a 100-metre long concrete slab will be placed, giving the railway a solid base.