The Settle-Carlisle Railway – The Line That Refused To Die
Railways • 1h 36m
Britain’s best-loved railway, with its route over the "roof" of England, is the spectacular Settle-Carlisle railway (called "the line that should never have been built"). Running through some of the most breathtaking scenery in Britain, it takes in the architecture of bridges and viaducts en-route.
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