A train station in North Yorkshire is so beautiful that passengers don’t want to get on their trains and instead stay and admire the stunning surrounding scenery.

Ribblehead Station sits high on a Pennine plateau, guarding a work of Victorian engineering. A 24-arch viaduct sits beneath the station over the upper Ribble, with tourists travelling from far and wide to see the extraordinary architecture.

Views of the twin summits of Ingleborough and Whernside can also be seen from the platform, with Blea Moor to the east.

The landscape is clear of settlement, with trees, fields, and sheep visible in the distance.

But for those visiting the area, there is a small pub that can be visited to grab a bite to eat or drink after taking in the breathtaking views.

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The Station Inn, located in Ribblehead on Low Sleights Rd, is just a three-minute walk from the sights.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, owner David Hobbs described the area as “wonderous”, adding: “The Station is truly unique sitting as it does at the head of the famous Ribblehead viaduct which stretches out across Batty Moss.

“At first glance one might assume that other than the Station and our business The Station Inn there is little here but wild landscape. However within that landscape are many farming families who over the years have relied on the station to serve the local community.

“In the past it has acted as a school, provided itself for many years as a place of Sunday worship, been the host for Christmas music concerts, seen book launches and acted as a weather station for the Meterological Office.

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“Today the existence of the Station is important for tourists exploring the Yorkshire Three Peaks and caves that rest below but it is equally important for the local community acting as a key conduit between Leeds and Carlisle and the local communities in between.

“It is a much loved and much needed rural asset that does much more than it says on the tin.”

The station was engineered by Midland’s surveyor John Crossley, with 100 workers dying in the construction of Ribblehead viaduct alone. The Settle-Carlisle Railway opened for passengers in 1876, never made money and survived successive attempts at closure only by vigorous preservation efforts.

But the station was eventually restored in the mid-1980s and has since become a tourist attraction for those visiting the area.

It features a small museum with stained-glass filling the windows, and the old stationmaster’s house is now a holiday cottage that can be rented out.

The station depends on volunteers who help run the maintenance of the beautiful location.

The Leeds-Settle-Carlisle line dubs itself the “most scenic” mainline railway in the UK, with the Settle-Carlisle partnership adopting all ten stations between these two locations.

It runs a total of 72 miles with other scenic railway stations along the way.

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