What do people who do the leeds-carlisle and return actually do in carlisle. OK it has a nice catherdral, and some nice shops that are the same as the leeds ones. But if you miss one you can have a long wait sat in Costa drinking too much coffee.
(Last time we went to carlisle, we went up, and got the same train back. enough time for a coffee. we didnt wnt to go shopping and have 'done' Carlisle before.
S&C need regular interval services, and some of the lesser stations being made request stops. And enough carriages in the summer.
An express leaving leeds about 10, and leaving Carlisle mid afternoon made of 2*37 with 4 mk3's on summer Saturdays and bank holiday Mondays would fill well I reckon. Stop Appleby, Settle and Skipton. Have a cab camera people could link to with some wifi. - no need for internet, just a local network.
We don't all go to Carlisle. Some of us have business in Appleby.