 Ribblehead railway station is less than half a mile to the south and to the north is Blea Moor Tunnel, the longest on the line, near the foot of Whernside.During 1964, several Humber cars were blown off their wagons while being carried over the viaduct on a freight train.By 1980, the viaduct was in disrepair and many of its piers had been weakened by water ingress.