The FIRST Manchester to Ribblehead service - The Yorkshire Dales Explorer 

Ribblehead Viaduct is spiritual home of the Settle and Carlisle line. Its great that that the through train is back in some form this year.

Jen pulled a Northern! Waterbottle out of that goodie bag! 😂Settle to Carlisle Line is a epic journey. Do recommend when you do the S&C is to have time to explore Settle, nice chip shop there as well.

Good old Salford Crescent. I started many hiking trips from there when I was a student at Salford Uni. I've still got old tickets to Clitheroe. Lets fast forward to somewhere more scenic...Blackburn!😂

The Ribblehead Viaduct is such a masterpiece of its own since it was built. I do like railway viaducts.

Great video. I think this means I finally have to go and see a certain viaduct that I've never been to before 😮

Great journey and video, Jen. The views look amazing and it seems like you had a wonderful time there. Looking forward to seeing you explore those stations properly along that line.

Absolute highlight of this ; NOSE BOOPING! most endearing that

Thank you for sharing Jen.

Rainy in Manchester, no never ;)

I’ll have to do this route at some point. The scenery once you get out of Manchester is amazing. Nice vlog Jen!

Looking forward to seeing you do the S&C in depth Jen take your time and enjoy the line it's a very happy place for many of us as well.

Going beyond Clitheroe sounds like a good title for your autobiography Jen 🙂

Ooh, what fantastic scenery - and a great viaduct too (although my favourite will always be the Ouse valley viaduct on the Brighton line :) )

What a great sight to see so many folks going from Manchester to Ribblehead and your positive video about the opening of this service. Definitely need to report that Northern train for "suspiciously turning up ON TIME" LOL

Brilliant video Jen, the ribblehead viaduct looks stunning. :)

this is pretty local as i’m just down the line in bradford i should probably check it out

At risk of sounding quite cheesy, this video filled me with so much joy because I am a huge fan of the current adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small so seeing these vistas made me think of that. Blended into one of your videos and with another one of my interests, trains, it was delightful. I'm a happy nerd. :)

Much sunnier than it was for the Settle Saunter the following day XD

Excellent video, and great to see this service running again 👍 In a change to the usual theme, Northern didn't pull a Northern, bu Jen's camera pulled a Northern instead 😅

Beautiful drone shot of the viaduct, whatever your junior assistant camera thingy says. I love the Yorkshire Dales, did I ever tell you that?

Anyone else struggling with the incongruity of the headboard on a Sprinter?

I really enjoyed this one Jen. Thank you. 🎉

Jen what a wonderful video and you are our lemon custard cake and that makes you a beautiful person

Still readable yellow destination boards at Vic, which is nice

I noted that you commented on the Dales Rail Service that closed in 2022. Many reasons were given about drivers etc but no mention of course about the fare, for example with a railcard on that Sunday Service from Preston to Carlisle was £20!!! Also for a couple of years the Blackpool North to Hellifield ran over the winter, ideal for a bit of snow and lunch at Carlisle

Brilliant video, Jen! I really enjoyed! I'll definitely have to take a ride up along that route at some point!

As a proud Yorkshire Man looking forward to you doing the Settle to Carlisle. I recently did a drone flight one evening by Ribblehead but had the same issue with it being rather overcast, so I'm planning a return trip.

I think Jen is very good at this, even with the occasional dropped shot.

The voice on that train is the new voice of northern (all the northern trains r getting that voice)

That vessel doesn't have to have just water in it🎉

Loved the video!

Very nice. Blackburn to Colne is one of only 2 isolated sections of the UK rail network I've done that's not connected to other parts, the other being Liskeard to Looe. Someday, I'll go to the north west, and A) do Blackburn from another station on the main section of railway I've done (say, Preston or Manchester), and B) do this service to tick off the unusual bit of track that is Clitheroe to Hellifield. I've done the S&C many times, but I've only done the Leeds to Skipton section (minus Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Bridge) plus Long Preston (when I went to Bentham several years ago) and Appleby (both when the S&C was closed due to the landslip in 2017? and northbound trains terminated there, and for the Staycation Express in 2020). So much of the North West still to do, simply because it's a nightmare to visit when your parents live on the coast in Wearside...

Love this! YAS for new and returning services!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Isn't it exciting when a new service starts and you are on the very first train? So different from the sad goodbyes of yesteryear.

Excellent really enjoyed it

Jen, I shall look forward to this little series as it is beautiful scenery around there.

My Dad and I did that journey on Saturday on the £10 newspaper offer, waited at Ribblehead for the next train to Carlisle and then came back on the second return journey between Ribblehead and Victoria, a great journey. In a couple of Saturdays we're thinking of trying Manchester-Ribblehead-Carlisle-Newcastle and return using the same offer. Brilliant video!

Thank you for this great video. Let’s hope the service is a great success.

I didn't know about this. I travelled from Whaley Bridge to Haymarket via Manchester Piccadilly and Preston today. I loved the fast 195 to PRrston and the 9 coach class 390 to Edinburgh.

Great video Jen, stunning scenery too 😊

I was half expecting to see @nickbadley in this video 🤣

Hi Jen, Good to see you back in harness after your dental woes...that must have been an enjoyable trip to Ribblehead, I did that visit when holidaying in that area a few years ago, beautifull scenery, Yorkshire is my favourite county for holidays. Glad you both enjoyed yourselves. Take care, Jon B. 🙂

Love your video content, very informative and interesting subjects. Thank you Jen, I look forward to your next vlog. R

Wonderful scenery. To think they wanted to close this route!

I like trains 🚂 keep making videos i like it

Jen if you ever visit that part of the country again, please do visit Hellifield! Cafe with friendly doggy, museum and steam trains

brilliant vlog

How exciting 😃

I can only whisper it here but I have recently had excellent journeys on Trans Pennine and Northern from Sheffield to Manchester and Chester to Rochdale recently.

You should definitely have a trip all the way up the S&C Jen - it's a classic route with amazing views and one I had a (small) part in help keeping open back in the 1980s (I was one of the 22,000+ people who registered an official objection to the BR closure proposals in 1983, went to the TUCC meetings, signed the petitions and travelled on it). Pleased to see this service now running in 2024 as the "de-facto" replacement for Dales Rail and loading well.

Next time you route via Blackburn just look for the ‘faces in the station railings’

I like trains

Enjoyed your video Jen. It's good to know that you can get there from Manchester instead of going all the way to Leeds!

Great video. Excellent that this train has been introduced and I will be taking it on July 6th as part of of visit to Hawes. It’s only costing me £10 thanks to the Northern Rail all network day rover offer. Just a shame their other services are so poor it requires me to drive into Manchester first.

Excellent video! I wish I’d made the effort to do the first train, but my bed can be rather difficult to get out of at times! I did the second one from Manchester Victoria to Settle then back to Blackburn. However, disaster struck when I got home! I was about to download all the footage I shot when I accidentally deleted the lot! 😲😢! I had only intended to delete some old footage, but everything must’ve been selected and it was lost in the blink of an eye! I very nearly had a meltdown! 🤬🤬🤬

Absolute respect for the late great Mr Manchester himself Tony Wilson who identified a 500m section of abandoned line between Todmorden and Burnley. Now Burnley is connected directly with Rochdale, Manchester Victoria, Wigan and Headbolt Lane! And of course you can go to Ribblehead via Blackburn!

Was nice meeting you between Hellifield and Ribblehead. Now I know where you got off when I came through the train at Manchester Victoria 😂

nice video!

the country side has so much walking potential to explore between stations

Great video as usual Jen! I think you're turning into Bryn in terms of knowing how to use technology 😄

Blackburn to Skipton via Hellifield- driver walks from one cab to the other

8:16 There’s the money shot! What a glorious day! Cheers!

Been saving going up the Clitheroe line in the hope of doing this exact journey (I've already travelled on the Settle line), so it's good to see so many people come out in this video. To think this route nearly closed in full, I had no idea Clitheroe closed for 30 years before, how wrong were the bureaucrats of the mid 20th century?! They properly underestimated our love of trains, especially in the countryside. Hopefully this service will become more permanent, regional rail connectivity especially between Lancashire and Yorkshire should be improved. Also, continues to amaze me how much beautiful scenery is so close to Manchester by train.

Northern need to run it as a 158 because everything elce on that lines a 158

Hi Jen I'm loving you videos.just a quick question why did northern cut the direct train service from hazel Grove to blackpool north

Amazingly (as per QI) Clit Hero e

Boop \m/

Superalbs got a better deal with his train freebies but northern tried bless them

To Clitheroe and Beyond

MOIST SOGGY DAMP HUMID

This could run to Garsdale then along the branch to Hawes and on to Askrig. Sad to say that although the track bed is there the rails are lifted and the National Park are intending to make the track bed into a bridle path. What a waste

Would love to visit ribblehead, is the fare £25 all the time?

You cannot use the word 'moist' Jen. That is a naughty word.

Atleast it’s not a 150

Jen, does this service replace the weekly service from Preston to Carlisle via Clitheroe & Settle on Sunday mornings?

Glorious day, only rerouted intercity services ever ride beyond dot Settle, poor local have to do with bus service ! What practical there might be a limited service, Norhern aren´t crazy to make it a regular dayly service, beyon Clitheroe suburban land ends !

Since when did it open jen x are you into parklife

Jen, so I suppose you are into Moist Von Lipwig?

I don’t know why but when someone says Victoria I don’t know what Victoria they mean because there is London Victoria or Manchester Victoria

Trains Station 🚉

Just too pretty

This service is an insult. There should be a permanent service from Manchester to Carlisle via Ribblehead that mirrors the Leeds service.

How annoying I’ve left Manchester for the summer just as they introduce this 🥲