Settle & Carlisle - Heritage Diesel

Your journey begins in style with a glass of Grand Marque champagne. Once settled into your plush armchair in our stylish dining carriages, a light brunch is served.

You will have time for a short leg stretch into Carlisle while the train resets for dinner and you can look forward to a delectable five course dinner served on the return.

The highlight of the journey will be travelling over the famous Settle & Carlisle railway line during dinner.

The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, runs between Settle Junction, on the Leeds to Morecambe line, and Carlisle, near the English-Scottish borders

Admire the opulent interior design of your carriage, which evokes the 1930s “Belle” trains, each vintage carriage is decked out in luxurious details. Look around and discover plush fabrics and handcrafted murals.

INCLUDES

• Spectacular scenic journey over the Settle & Carlisle line.
• Welcome sparkling Bellini reception
• Delightful brunch on the outward journey along the West Coast mainline through the Lake District to Carlisle
• Morning tea and coffee
• Time to explore Carlisle at leisure.
• Champagne reception back on board
• Sumptuous Five-course dinner: British seasonal table d’hote menu including an award winning cheese board
• A bottle of wine per couple
• Tea, coffee and petit fours.

THE JOURNEY

The Northern Belle will traverse majestically off towards the spectacular 72-mile Settle-Carlisle line. Painstakingly hewn out of the North Pennine moors and Yorkshire Dales during the 1870s by an army of 6,000 navvies, this has been voted number two in a list of “The World’s 10 Greatest Train Journeys”.

On the way, we will have plunged through 14 tunnels, including the 1.5mile (2404m) long Blea Moor Tunnel, and crossed 22 viaducts, notably the magnificent 24-arch, quarter-mile (402m) long and 104ft (32m) high one at Ribblehead.