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Bedlington Station - South Building Dismantling Postponed

The dismantling of the southern building at Bedlington Station that was due to take place over this coming weekend (3rd to 5th February)...

Feb 2, 2024

Weekend Level Crossing Closure At West Sleekburn

The level crossing at Marcheys House at West Sleekburn will be closed from 9.30pm on Saturday 27th until 5.30am on Monday 29th January to...

Jan 22, 2024

Weekend Works at Northumberland Park & Piling Unit Deliveries

The cold weather this week has restricted the creation of the crane pad at Algernon Drive. Unfortunately, this means that works will be...

Jan 19, 2024

Project Milestone at Northumberland Park

We are delighted to share that we have safely and successfully installed a 160 tonne Crawler Crane on site at Northumberland Park. Space...

Jan 12, 2024

Upcoming Work in Bedlington

We'll be seeing some further work on the level crossing at Bedlington South for further testing of the new equipment as well as work on...

Jan 9, 2024

Drop in Event at Seaton Delaval

We are holding a public information event for local residents to find out more about overnight work and the construction programme for...

Jan 8, 2024

New Level Crossing at Bedlington South

Work has been ongoing over the past week or so to install a new level crossing at Bedlington South. This is the first of the new look...

Jan 5, 2024

Northumberland Park - Crane Delivery Reminder

Don't forget that car parking on Algernon Drive at Northumberland Park will be restricted from Monday 8th January until Wednesday 10th...

Jan 5, 2024

Northumberland Park - Crane Delivery

The next stage of works for construction of the station at Northumberland Park require a crane to be delivered, built and moved into...

Dec 20, 2023

Track Works at Bebside

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE WORKS HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED We will be working along a 500m length of the railway track in Blyth Bebside 24...

Dec 18, 2023

Bedlington South Level Crossing Closure - 29th Dec to 8th Jan

The level crossing at Bedlington South (over the line at Station Road) will be closed to road traffic from 10pm on Friday 29th December...

Dec 13, 2023

Newsham Bridge Taking Shape

Over the weekend of the 18th & 19th of November, there was some huge progress in the Northumberland Line project as the installation of...

Nov 20, 2023

Drop In Event at Newsham

If you've got any questions about the construction work on the new station and road bridge at Newsham for the Northumberland Line, or the...

Nov 17, 2023

Roadworks Update - South Newsham Road in Blyth

The next phase of the roadworks on South Newsham Road in Blyth will start on Monday 13th November for 3 weeks and traffic management will...

Nov 10, 2023

Roadworks on South Newsham Road in Blyth - Update (31st Oct)

The works on South Newsham Road in Blyth continue and testing works on the water main are now taking place. It may not look like there's...

Oct 31, 2023

Newsham Footbridge Installation

This weekend saw the installation of the new footbridge at Newsham station. There's still some work to finish as each side of the...

Oct 30, 2023

Roadworks on South Newsham Road in Blyth - Update

Following on from our post a few weeks ago on the roadworks at South Newsham Road, we can share an update as the works are taking longer...

Oct 18, 2023

Platform Removal Works at Bedlington

Works to demolish the existing north station platform at Bedlington station will take place on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October. This...

Oct 12, 2023

Bebside Information Session

We'll be hosting an information session for residents and businesses around the Blyth Bebside station construction site on Thursday 12th...

Oct 9, 2023

Roadworks on South Newsham Road in Blyth

From Monday 2nd October, roadworks will start on South Newsham Road to relocate a water main as part of the works for the construction of...

Sep 27, 2023

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.

22 hours ago

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