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Bedlington - Barrington Road Closure

Following on from previous recent posts, we've been informed by the contractor that a section of Barrington Road between West View and...

Aug 27, 2025

Council set to consider rail-line funding increase

Northumberland County Council is set to consider extra funding to ensure the Northumberland Line rail project can be completed in full as...

Aug 26, 2025

Front Street, Bebside - Roadworks Update

We had originally anticipated undertaking these works at the end of August, but we have had to push them back due to access challenges...

Aug 22, 2025

Bedlington Road Works Update

We are pleased to share that the works on Ravensworth Street/Station Street, to complete essential drainage upgrades, are now complete...

Aug 21, 2025

Ravensworth Street, Bedlington - Works Extended

The current closure of the southern end of Ravensworth Street in Bedlington will be extended and works are now due to complete on Friday...

Aug 16, 2025

Major milestone marked as half a million journeys are made on the Northumberland Line

500,000 passengers have now travelled on the Northumberland Line since it opened, train operator Northern has announced. The operator has...

Aug 5, 2025

Overnight Roadworks on South Newsham Road, Blyth

From Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 August 2025 (3 nights) , full road closures will be in place across the west and east sides of the new...

Jul 30, 2025

Temporary Closure of Ravensworth Street, Bedlington

The next phase of highway improvement works at Bedlington Station from Saturday 9 August 2025. These works have been scheduled to take...

Jul 29, 2025

Connecting Communities (Northumberland Line Photographic Journey) heads to Killingworth

Killingworth will be the next destination for the Connecting Communities Northumberland Line Photographic Journey, with the exhibition...

Jul 23, 2025

Overnight Road Closures on A189 Spine Road at Blyth Bebside

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

Jul 21, 2025

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

Cycling adventures on the Northumberland Line

Travelling on the Northumberland Line has proved to be very popular, especially for leisure journeys, but, did you know that you can take...

Jul 6, 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

Revised Pop Fares from 1st July 2025

From Tuesday 1st July 2025, there have been some changes to Pop fares, with the changes being approved by the North East Combined...

Jul 1, 2025

Northern's Customer and Community Improvement Fund (CCIF) is open

This year, the fund has been doubled to £200,000, made up of individual grants with values of up to £2,500, £10,000 or £20,000. The CCIF...

Jul 1, 2025

June Newsletter

Here's the latest Northumberland Line newsletter, with the latest information on the three remaining stations as well as a host of other...

Jun 30, 2025

Introducing "The Northumbrian"

New train artwork celebrating the reopening of the Northumberland Line and the history of the local area has been unveiled by Northern....

Jun 26, 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

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

February Newsletter

We've had another very busy few weeks on the Northumberland Line with the announcements on the station opening dates at Northumberland Park & Bedlington, celebrating 1 million passenger journeys and the opening of Northumberland Park this week. Want to catch up on the latest news - here's our February newsletter.

Feb 25