Campaign for Manchester - Carlisle passenger service.

The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (FoSCL) have teamed up with Ribble Valley Rail to campaign for a passenger train service between Manchester and Carlisle - via the world famous Settle-Carlisle line.
Presently, Settle-Carlisle services all run to and from...

Virgin Trains is best in class again
 Virgin Trains, the provider of the West Coast Main Line service through Cumnbria has once again topped the performance league among companies op...
Five Cumbrian businesses make it to awards list
Five of the region’s top accommodation providers have been made it on to TripAdvisor’s Travellers' Choice Awards list. Rampsbeck Country House Hotel...
New commuter train for West Cumbria
Carlisle-based DRS Rail Services is running a train between Carlisle and the Sellafield nuclear complex in west Cumbria. The train is made up of three...
MP to troubleshoot A66 Kemplay Roundabout issues
Penrith and Border MP Rory Stewart and County Councillor Helen Fearon have convened a site meeting with Highways Agency representatives in January to...
Additional Festive train and changes to services on Settle-Carlisle Railway
Train operator, Northern Rail, is operating an extra evening train to stations in the Eden Valley on Thursdays on the five Thursdays before Christmas....
New passenger transport guide available
A free passenger transport guide for Cumbrian residents and visitors is now available. The new look Cumbria Rider helps travellers find out about all...
Experience an alternative Valentine’s celebration with a Romantic Pod Retreat to Holgates in Cumbria
As couples frantically try to think of original ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day 2012, Holgates, the award-winning holiday park company in Cumbria, is offering the ideal romantic rendezvous come 14...
This week's special offers - book now for 2012 and save
Da Balaia in the Algarve prices from £400.00 see validity & terms of this offer Package Includes 7 night all inclusive Algarve break Full sports and activity programme included...
Barely room at the inn this Christmas
Staff at all six of the hotels in the Lake District Hotels Ltd Group are gearing up for one of their busiest ever Christmas and New Year holidays because almost all of the rooms and self catering...
Cumbria pledges support for fairer concessionary travel funding
Cumbria County Council has ramped up the campaign for fairer funding for concessionary bus fares as a joint petition with other councils across the country has seen a rise of 4,000 signatures in just...