Coloured general plan of Settle Station on the Midland Railways' Settle to Carlisle line, showing the positions of the platforms, booking office, station master's house. weighbridge, cattle docks, signal box, goods shed and sidings. Additionally shows an elevation and plan of wall on the west side of the railway, from 1 mile 62 chains to 68 chains, bridge abbutments, and cross-sections through platforms. Engineers' office, Settle 31/01/1876.

Settle station is located at the southern end of the Settle and Carlisle Railway. The railway was built by the Midland Railway and opened in stages between 1875 and 1876. The railway was built to provide access for the company's trains to Scotland. Prior to construction of the railway, the company relied upon unsatisfactory agreements with the London and North Western Railway to allow onward travel of its passengers beyond Ingleton where the two companies' railways met. The railway was challenging to build and included construction of several major viaducts and tunnels. The summit of the railway at Ais Gill is the highest point on a railway in England.