Is this the most scenic railway in the world? | BBC News

The Settle-Carlisle railway in the north of England is now 150-years-old.

Yet while the line travels through some of Britain's most magnificent countryside, it was once threatened with closure.

In the 1980s, there was a proposal to close the line but thousands of people - and one dog - objected.

The line starts in Leeds and passes through Shipley and Skipton, but it is the section between North Yorkshire and Cumbria that is world-famous for its views.

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