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Weekend Engineering Works (16th to 18th March) at Marcheys House Cancelled
The planned engineering works from 9.30pm on the 16th March to 5.30am on the 18th March have now been cancelled.
Mar 14, 2024


Rail Fares for Northumberland Line announced
Travel on the new Northumberland Line will start from as little as £1 – it has been confirmed. A key priority for the new passenger rail...
Mar 8, 2024


Celebrating International Women's Day
We're celebrating International Women's Day on the Northumberland Line. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure: Rail recently hosted the second...
Mar 8, 2024


Email Issue
We're really sorry that we've had some issues this week with our rail@northumberland.gov.uk email address and the "contact us" form on...
Mar 8, 2024


Northumberland Line in focus
YouTuber Geoff Marshall recently visited the Northumberland Line to learn more about our six new stations ahead of the launch of...
Mar 7, 2024


February Newsletter
Our February newsletter is out now and there's a lot of work going on as we get ready for passenger services to start this Summer. Click...
Mar 7, 2024


Rail Minister welcomes progress as Northumberland Line opening nears
Rail Minister Huw Merriman saw first-hand progress being made towards the opening of the Northumberland Line this summer. The rail line –...
Mar 5, 2024


Rail Futures course, Ashington, 04 March 2024
Are you looking for a career opportunity? Have you considered rail engineering? Rail Futures are offering an information session on...
Feb 29, 2024


Track Renewals, Level Crossing Replacement & Signal Box Demolition at Marcheys House
As part of the Northumberland Line works, we'll be upgrading Marcheys House level crossing. This will include replacing the level...
Feb 27, 2024


Level Crossing Closures & Track Works at Bedlington
We will be working in the area 24 hours a day on the following dates and times. · From 9.30pm on Saturday 16 March to 5.30am on...
Feb 27, 2024


Level Crossing Closure & Signal Box Demolition at North Seaton
Works will start soon on the upgrading of North Seaton Level Crossing by replacing its barriers, removing the existing signal box and...
Feb 27, 2024


New date set for building dismantling at Bedlington
The dismantling of the South building at Bedlington Station has now been rescheduled to take place on Saturday 2nd March from 1pm until...
Feb 26, 2024


New Northumberland Line bus service at your service
A bus service connecting some of the key communities to the forthcoming Northumberland Line is showing its colours. The 434 bus service...
Feb 26, 2024


Overnight Works at Seaton Delaval
There are ongoing midweek and weekend overnight works continuing across the rest of February and March 2024. This also includes a period...
Feb 22, 2024


Overnight Level Crossing Closures
We'll have some overnight closures at level crossings from this weekend to allow for resurfacing work to take place. The level crossings...
Feb 22, 2024


Great Work in January
After enjoying a closedown over Christmas and New Year, the work on building 6 new stations started again in January, and so did the...
Feb 21, 2024


Seghill Level Crossing Closure
Track renewal works will be taking place at Seghill level crossing from 9.30pm on Saturday 24th February until 5.30am on Monday 26th...
Feb 16, 2024


Improving the Northumberland Line's Track
One of the big changes on the Northumberland Line is that a lot of the track that the trains run on has had to be replaced. We're moving...
Feb 14, 2024


Northumberland Park Drop In Event
We'll be hosting a drop in event at Backworth Hall on Tuesday 13th February between 6pm and 7.30pm. We'll have members of the team from...
Feb 12, 2024


Celebrating Apprenticeship Week
We're celebrating Apprenticeship Week on the Northumberland Line this week, especially as our station construction partner, Morgan...
Feb 5, 2024


Celebrating One Month Of Bedlington
Today marks one month since the station at Bedlington opened to the public. To celebrate the occasion, we had a chat with local resident Christine Bell and recreated a photo of her that was taken with the then Station Master of Bedlington in the 1950's. The original photo was taken in the garden of the Station Master's house, which still stands on Barrington Road. Christine grew up in West View and the photo was a rare on as Mr Threlfall, the Station Master of the day, didn
3 days ago


Overnight Cable Works at Bedlington
Overnight works will be taking place on the platforms at Bedlington station from Monday 27th April for up to 2 weeks to allow for cable labeling works to take place at lighting columns. The works will happen between 11pm and 6am (between the last train departing and the first train running the following morning). The works are not expected to be noisy.
Apr 16


New Artwork at Manors
If you're travelling to or from Manors, please take a look at some great new art installations which have been curated by Newcastle Deaf Centre in partnership with the Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership and Northern. Local school groups have helped to make each piece that's on display as part of their creative visits across the region for inspiration. It's a great way to brighten up the station. If you'd like to support the Northumberland Line Community Line Partnership t
Apr 12
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