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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


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


January Newsletter
Our January 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...
Jan 30, 2024


Household Information Event - Ashington
We'll be attending the Household Information Event on Friday 26th January between 12 noon and 4pm at Hirst Welfare Centre on Alexandra...
Jan 25, 2024


Thank You Seaton Delaval
We'd like to say thank you to everyone who attended our drop in event at Seaton Delaval Arts Centre last night. We had some great...
Jan 23, 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


Passenger Services Confirmed for Summer 2024
The Northumberland Line – bringing passenger services back between the South East of the county and central Newcastle – will be open from...
Jan 17, 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


Signal Boxes to be removed
We're sharing some sad news about plans to remove Marcheys House and North Seaton signal boxes to enable the Northumberland Line, which...
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


Great Work in November
We've had a lot of construction activity taking place during November, including new bridges at Newsham, but as well as those projects,...
Dec 19, 2023


The Journey
Have you taken The Journey yet ? As part of the development of the Northumberland Line, poet John Challis has written a poem to commemorate the lines rich history, which is shared with today's users of the line. The poem has a stanza for each of the line's six new stations and can also be seen at each of the Northumberland Line's new stations. We hope you enjoy it.
Jun 15


Sign Up for Track Works Information
Now that all six stations are open on the Northumberland Line and track works have been completed, we won't be sharing any future "business as usual" works that Network Rail carry out along the line. If you'd like to stay in touch with works taking place near your home, then either scan the QR code above or click here to sign up with Network Rail and they'll let you know when any works will be taking place along the line.
Jun 3


Later Nights Oot On The Toon......
Don't forget that you can enjoy these balmy summer evenings and stay in Newcastle a little bit later. The last train on the Northumberland Line leaves Newcastle at 23:21 on Monday to Saturday evenings - giving you a little bit longer to enjoy that theatre trip, concert or night on the Toon. The 23.21 calls at Manors, Northumberland Park, Seaton Delaval, Newsham, Blyth Bebside, Bedlington and Ashington. Northern | Buy Cheap Train Tickets Online | Rail Fares
May 29
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