Summary

  • Friday 31 March 2017

Live Reporting

  1. Weather: Fells forecast

    BBC Weather

    Here's the fells forecast for daylight hours today:

    • Temperatures at 3,000ft: 7C dropping to 3C later. 
    • Winds: Gale force south to southeasterly, gusting 60mph, decreasing strong southwesterly, gusting 45mph. 
    • Cloud: Extensive cloud 2,100ft (650m), patches down to 1,300ft (400m) at first, becoming more broken around the summits later. 
    • Visibility: Poor at first, improving good later. 
    • Freezing level: Above the tops.

    Don't forget to check the  daily reading of fell top conditions produced by the Lake District National Park's fell top assessors.

  2. Flying Scotsman on Settle-Carlisle

    Flying Scotsman will be one of the first engines on the reopened Settle-Carlisle line.

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  3. Weather: Cloudy with rain

    Abbie Dewhurst
    Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

    Cloudy with outbreaks of rain at times that could be heavy. 

    Becoming drier and brighter by the middle of the afternoon.

    Highs of 14C (57F)

    Morning weather for Appleby

    Get the latest forecast for your area with BBC Weather. 

  4. Passengers applaud as train passes across repaired track

    Here's the moment that passengers on the first train to travel from Appleby to Carlisle applauded as it passed through Eden Brows near Armathwaite:

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  5. First full journeys along reopened Settle-Carlisle line complete

    The first two trains to travel the length of the Settle-Carlisle railway line have completed their first journeys. 

    The 05:29 from Leeds arrived into Carlisle at 08:17.

    The 05:50 from Carlisle arrived into Leeds at 08:37.

  6. Watch: First train to leave Appleby station

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  7. Settle-Carlisle line train operator welcomes back passengers

    The Settle-to-Carlisle line has been reopened this morning - here's the first train at Carlisle station.

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  8. Trains running again on Settle-Carlisle railway line

    Final work taking place to install new track at Eden BrowsNetwork Rail

    Trains are once again running on a Cumbrian railway line more than a year after a major landslip damaged a section of track. 

    Network Rail has described the repairs to the Settle-Carlisle line at Eden Brows near Armathwaite as the " most challenging railway repair ever ".

    The first train to use the repaired section of line between Armathwaite and Appleby departed from Carlisle railway station at 05:50.

    Engineers designed a reinforced concrete platform supported by steel and concrete tubes driven into the ground for the section of track to sit on.

  9. Welcome to BBC Cumbria Live

    Lee Macaulay
    Journalist, BBC Cumbria

    Good morning. We'll have updates about the latest news, sport, weather and travel from around Cumbria. Today, we'll also be following the reopening of the Settle-Carlisle line more than a year after a landslip cut it in two near Armathwaite. 

    Got anything to share or, maybe, you're travelling on the Settle-Carlisle line today? Why not  email us ,  tweet @bbc_cumbria  or  get in touch using Facebook  with your pictures and stories.