Dent
National Rail
General information
LocationCowgill, South Lakeland
England
Coordinates54°16′57″N 2°21′49″W / 54.2825669°N 2.3635911°W / 54.2825669; -2.3635911
Grid referenceSD764874
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeDNT
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail (London Midland Region)
Key dates
6 August 1877Opened
4 May 1970Closed
14 July 1986Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 7,894
2019/20Increase 8,126
2020/21Decrease 1,786
2021/22Increase 8,902
2022/23Increase 9,236
Services
Preceding station Northern Following station
Ribblehead
towards Leeds via Settle
 Settle and Carlisle Line Garsdale
towards Carlisle
Listed Building – Grade II
FeatureOriginal Midland Railway station building
Designated18 October 1999
Reference no.1383851[1]
Location
Dent is located in the former South Lakeland district
Dent
Dent
Location in South Lakeland, Cumbria
Dent is located in Cumbria
Dent
Dent
Location in Cumbria, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dent is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 58 miles 29 chains (93.9 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the villages of Cowgill and Dent, South Lakeland in Cumbria, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. It is the highest operational main line station in England.

Location

Dent railway station is on the historic Settle-Carlisle Line, with services to Leeds and Carlisle. Dent village is approximately 4.8 miles (8 km) by road to the west, and 400 ft (120 m) below the height of the station, with Cowgill being the nearest small village, located around half a mile away.[2]

Altitude sign, preserved gas lamp and wooden snow fence at rear

At an altitude of 1,150 ft (350 m) and situated between Blea Moor Tunnel and Rise Hill Tunnel immediately to its north, Dent is the highest operational railway station on the National Rail network in England.[3]

Facilities

There are stone-built passenger waiting rooms provided on both the northbound and southbound platforms. Access to the southbound platform is, somewhat unusually, by an unguarded barrow crossing at the south end of the station for foot passengers to use (a 30 mph permanent speed restriction for non-stop trains through the station is enforced for this reason). National Rail recommends that disabled passengers not use the southbound platform without assistance.[4] Like most stations on the line, there are no ticket machines available as yet (though Northern have stated they plan to provide one here) and so travellers must buy on the train. Train running information can be obtained by telephones on the platforms or from information posters. New digital information screens have also been installed here, though as of November 2019 these have yet to be commissioned.

Old wooden snow fences are still in place on the eastern side of the station (see image). Dent Station buildings are now privately owned and are available to rent as holiday cottage accommodation.[5]

History

Northern Trains
Route 7
Bentham Line and
Settle and Carlisle Line
 Carlisle Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
 Armathwaite Parking
 Lazonby & Kirkoswald
 Langwathby Parking
 Appleby Parking
 Kirkby Stephen Parking
 Garsdale Parking
 Dent Parking
 Ribblehead Parking Bicycle facilities
 Horton-in-Ribblesdale Parking Bicycle facilities
 Settle Parking Bicycle facilities
Heysham Port ferry/water interchange
 Morecambe Parking Bicycle facilities
 Bare Lane Parking
 Lancaster Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
 Carnforth Parking
 Wennington Parking
 Bentham Parking Bicycle facilities
 Clapham Parking Bicycle facilities
 Giggleswick Parking Bicycle facilities
Long Preston Parking Bicycle facilities
 Hellifield Parking
 Gargrave
 Skipton Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
 Keighley Parking Bicycle facilities Heritage railway
 Bingley Parking Bicycle facilities
 Shipley Parking Bicycle facilities
 Leeds Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
The station building is now a holiday cottage under the auspices of The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line.

The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders[6] and opened in 1877[7] and originally closed in May 1970 but was reopened by British Rail in 1986 following a campaign to maintain regular stopping services along the line.[8]

During the 1970s the station was rented out to Barden school in Burnley as an outdoor pursuits centre, providing accommodation for pupils whilst they carried out various courses ranging from pot holing, caving, to geology and map reading.[9]

Services

On weekdays there were formerly five trains in each direction, with six each way on Saturdays and three each way on Sundays.[10] In addition, DalesRail services operate on summer Sundays from Blackpool North and Preston to Carlisle, with one journey in each direction. Northbound trains terminated at either Appleby or Armathwaite until the end of March 2017, as the Armathwaite to Carlisle section was closed whilst the damaged embankment at Eden Brows was repaired. Services through to the terminus at Carlisle resumed on 31 March 2017.

Class 47, Statesman Rail in BR Two Tone Green, passing through Dent Station.
Network Rail Track Cleaner at Dent Station

Since the May 2018 timetable change, the service has increased to eight northbound and six southbound calls on weekdays and five each way on Sundays.[11]


Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ribblehead   Northern Trains
Settle and Carlisle Line		   Garsdale
  Historical railways  
Ribblehead   Midland Railway
Settle and Carlisle Line		   Garsdale

References

  1. ↑ Historic England, "The old station at Dent Railway Station (1383851)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 January 2017
  2. ↑ Anderson, V R; Fox, G K (1986). Stations & structures of the Settle & Carlisle Railway. Poole: Oxford Pub. plate 65. ISBN 0-86093-360-1.
  3. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (1994). The Leeds, Settle & Carlisle Railway; the Midland Route to Scotland. Halifax: Bairstow. p. 9. ISBN 1-871944-09-0.
  4. ↑ Dent station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 28 November 2016
  5. ↑ "Dent Station on the Settle to Carlisle Railway". Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  8. ↑ Bairstow, Martin (1994). The Leeds, Settle & Carlisle Railway; the Midland Route to Scotland. Halifax: Bairstow. p. 70. ISBN 1-871944-09-0.
  9. ↑ Carey, John. "Dent Station – a Conservation Project" (PDF). dentstation.co.uk. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  10. ↑ GB eNRT, May 2017 Edition, Table 42
  11. ↑ Table 35 National Rail timetable, May 2023


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