Appleby is one of the largest stations on the Settle and Carlisle line and was one of the only two to survive the closures on the line in the 1970s. Now, like the rest of the line, it is fully open with beautifully maintained station buildings in Midland Railway red. As a larger station it even boasts a ticket office...

The line runs across the northeast edge of the village of Appleby, with an approach south of the line from Clifford Street:

The front of the station building:

The entrance from the car park gives on to platform 1 for trains towards Carlisle. Looking out of the exit from platform 1:

The side of the main building to our left as we walk onto platform 1:

A long view of the rear of the station building from the platform opposite:

On the station building is a plaque commemorating Eric Treacy who died on Appleby Station in 1978:

On platform 1 looking west:

Looking east alongside the station building:

Just west of the station buildings a footbridge crosses the track:

The lamps on the footbridge are particularly curly:

At the western end of platform 1 the line crosses Station Road where this gradiant marker stands:

Looking out south from the road bridge; the road leading up to the station front is on the left:

Looking west towards the end of the platform:

Looking along platform 1 from the western end:

From the footbridge looking east along the line:

Looking west from the footbridge:

Platform 2 also has a building, open as a waiting room:

A plaque on the platform 2 building commemorating the supply of the millionth steel sleeper from Corus Rail to Railtrack:

The side of the platform 2 building:

Inside the platform 2 building, which is clean and heated:

Just east of the platform 2 building is this milepost from the days when the line was a through route to London:

Beyond the building, looking east along platform 2:

The station name is spelled out in pebbles:

Steam services sometimes pass this way and can be watered with this crane:

The water tower:

A little way east along the line from Appleby is Appleby Heritage Centre, in the old goods shed, which provides employment and training and restores old railway carriages:

Looking back west along platform 2 from the eastern end of the station:

At the western end of platform 2 a ramp leads down to road level. Looking up the ramp:

From the bottom of the ramp looking up at the bridge which carries the line over Station Road:

Looking west from the end of platform 2:

Appleby North signalbox and junction: