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Highway Improvement Works at Bedlington Station

We will be undertaking works in Bedlington to upgrade the roads and footpaths around Bedlington Station from Monday 21 July 2025. These...

Jul 14, 2025

Roadworks on Front Street at Bebside extended

Since we started works in the highway on Front Street, the age and condition of existing utilities and services beneath the road has...

Jul 3, 2025

Overnight CCTV surveys and traffic management on Ravensworth Street, Bedlington

We will be undertaking trial holes overnight on Monday 14 July 2025 – Friday 18 July 2025 between the hours of 10:00pm and 5:00am each...

Jun 26, 2025

Northumberland Park Update

Ahead of the lift installation and platform works over the next few weeks, we catch up with the project team to hear the latest progress...

Jun 25, 2025

Overnight Roadworks at Newsham from 7th July 2025

From Monday 7 July 2025 for approximately 3 weeks, there will be full road closures in place across the west and east side of the new...

Jun 23, 2025

Northumberland Park - Lift Shaft Installation & Platform Works

We are currently planning to receive delivery of and install the staircase and lift shaft on the weekend of Friday 27 June 2025 from...

Jun 18, 2025

Blyth Bebside Station Construction Update

Join us to see the latest progress on the station at Blyth Bebside, which we're anticipating will open in late August or early September...

Jun 13, 2025

Bedlington Station Construction Update

Work is progressing on the station construction at Bedlington and there will be 3 weekend closures in June so that more work close to the...

May 29, 2025

Roadworks at Newsham

Our next phase of works continues on the west of the site for the new road alignment for the west roundabout. The next phase of works...

May 27, 2025

Roadworks at Newsham to complete early

We posted back on the 14th April 2025 about roadworks on the west side of the station at Newsham. The works were due to be completed on...

Apr 30, 2025

Platform Progress at Bedlington

Over the Easter weekend, trains were replaced by buses on the Northumberland Line to allow for platform construction at Bedlington to...

Apr 24, 2025

Overnight Roadworks on A189 Spine Road

There will be overnight road closures on the A189 Spine Road between the Bebside and Three Horse Shoes roundabouts starting from 8pm on...

Apr 16, 2025

Upcoming Roadworks at Newsham

As part of the development of the new station at Newsham, there will be some upcoming works which will include overnight working on the...

Apr 14, 2025

Level Crossing Closure at Bedlington Station Road Extended

The current level crossing closure at Station Road at Bedlington is unfortunately going to have to be extended due to unforeseen ground...

Apr 3, 2025

Overnight Construction Works at Northumberland Park

Following our previous update from December 2024, we have now finished working on the front platform pre-cast units and have installed...

Mar 25, 2025

Overnight CCTV surveys and traffic management on Ravensworth Street in Bedlington

We will be undertaking CCTV drainage surveys overnight on Wednesday 19 March 2025 between the hours of 8:00pm and 6:00am. During this...

Mar 13, 2025

Roadworks on Front Street at Blyth Bebside

The highways upgrade works are being completed in phases, with the next phase of temporary traffic management (TM) starting from Monday...

Mar 10, 2025

Roadworks on South Newsham Road in Blyth

We will be carrying out off-peak roadworks on South Newsham Road in Blyth from Monday 10th March until Friday 21st March to install bus...

Mar 6, 2025

Construction update for Bedlington Station

Works are progressing to install the new station platforms, drainage and fencing at Bedlington Station. Works moving forwards include...

Mar 5, 2025

Works Update at Newsham

Our next phase of works continues from those set out in our previous website post (dated 30 January 2025), and will take place across...

Feb 26, 2025

Tickets From Bedlington Please......

We're very excited ahead of the station at Bedlington opening on the Northumberland Line on Sunday 29th March. Tickets are now on sale to travel to or from Bedlington for journeys from the opening day and beyond from the Northern website, mobile phone app and ticket vending machines. Northern | Buy Cheap Train Tickets Online | Rail Fares We're looking forward to seeing you on the train.

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Information Event for Bedlington

Our next station (& last for now) on the Northumberland Line to open will be Bedlington on Sunday 29th March 2026. Ahead of the reintroduction of the passenger service at this station, you're invited you to join us on Monday 23rd March 2026 at East Bedlington Community Centre, 16-17 Station Road, Bedlington from 5.30pm to 7.30pm for an information event. The event will be a drop in, so call in any time between 5.30pm and 7.30pm to ask questions about the station and the new r

Mar 6

New Bus Service to Blyth Bebside

From Monday 23rd March, Arriva will provide a new peak time bus link to serve the Northumberland Line station at Blyth Bebside. The new route 3 will run from Blyth Bus Station to Blyth Bebside station via Newsham Road, Isabella, Cowpen Shops, Briardale Road, Blyth Community College, Bebside Middle School and Bebside Interchange. Buses will run on weekdays with 3 journeys in the morning peak to connect with trains to Newcastle and 3 journeys in the afternoon peak that connect

Mar 5