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New Hartley Level Crossing Closures

To allow for engineering work to be carried out on the railway line, the level crossing at New Hartley will be closed to traffic...

May 3, 2023

Seghill Level Crossing Closures

To allow for engineering work to be carried out on the rail line, the level crossing at Seghill will be closed to traffic (including...

Apr 5, 2023

Temporary closure of footpath Forest Hall 005 (Palmersville)

The public right of way on this footpath is being diverted whilst work is on-going to replace the current pedestrian crossing at...

Mar 20, 2023

Palmersville Dairy works - construction of temporary access road

Works to construct a new underpass at Palmersville Dairy level crossing will soon commence. Initially a new temporary access road off...

Jan 13, 2023

Road closure - Kenilworth Road Ashington

A section of Kenilworth Road in Ashington will be closed to traffic from 8am on Monday 9 January until 6pm on Friday 27 January. The...

Dec 23, 2022

Ashington station platform takes shape

Ashington station platform under construction

Dec 1, 2022

Bridge works at New Hartley/South Newsham - November 2022

Between September and November this year contractors have been working to repair and upgrade a bridge on the existing railway line in...

Nov 15, 2022

Ashington works

Details of the latest works in Ashington are summarised below. To maintain safe pedestrian access to Wansbeck Square from Kenilworth Road...

Oct 18, 2022

Bedlington works

The former Boots building in Bedlington has been demolished to allow for the new station works. Over the course of two weekends,...

Oct 17, 2022

Newsham works

Details of the work site in Newsham are summarised below. Works started in September to create an operational base for Northumberland...

Oct 12, 2022

Ashington works

Details of the latest works in Ashington are summarised below. Northumberland Line contractors, Morgan Sindall have reconfigured Wansbeck...

Oct 10, 2022

Sharnford Close works - August 2022

Click here to find out more about this bridge replacement work.

Aug 25, 2022

Road closures August - December 22

Click here to view details of the road closures from August to December 2022

Aug 1, 2022

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.

1 day 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