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Animating Ashington - Christmas Toy Procession
Come and join the Christmas Toy Procession on Station Road in Ashington on Thursday 28th November - the first event in the Animating...
Nov 14, 2024


SLC’s rail safety education partnership reaches 6 month milestone
SLC, a rail development and delivery specialist, is celebrating six months of its partnership with Rail Safe Friendly, which has already...
Nov 12, 2024


Northumberland Line services will make ‘massive difference’ to locals, say conductors training to work on the line
Conductors preparing for the opening of the Northumberland Line are confident services will “make a massive difference” to people in the...
Nov 11, 2024


Not quite the end of the line for old railway assets
Historic railway equipment destined for the scrap yard has been saved by three groups of enthusiasts in Northumberland. As part of the...
Nov 8, 2024


Footpath & Toucan Crossing Works on Chase Farm Drive, Blyth
We are progressing with work to create a footpath leading to the new cycle bridge as part of the Blyth Bebside Station construction. The...
Nov 1, 2024


Great Work in October
As well as building six new stations and restoring passenger services to the Northumberland Line, the project is also doing some great...
Nov 1, 2024


October Newsletter
Here's our newsletter for October and we've got a lot to share as we get closer to passenger services starting on the Northumberland Line.
Oct 30, 2024


Overnight Signalling Work in Ashington (13th to 22nd November)
We will be undertaking works to complete upgrades to the signalling system ahead of the line reopening to passenger trains later this...
Oct 30, 2024


Roadworks on Bebside Front Street
Currently, Northern Power Grid (NPG) have temporary traffic management in place on Front Street to carry out their works. We understand...
Oct 29, 2024


Overnight Closure of Plessey Road Level Crossing (23rd November)
We will be undertaking works to complete the upgrade of the level crossing on Plessey Road, ahead of the reopening of the line to...
Oct 24, 2024


Overnight Closures on A1061 South Newsham Road in Blyth (3rd to 8th November)
In order to install traffic management required to carry out works to the West Roundabout safely, a full overnight road closure is...
Oct 24, 2024


Overnight Level Crossing Closures in Bedlington (North & South)
Bedlington North Level Crossing We will be undertaking works to complete the upgrade of the Bedlington North level crossing on Barrington...
Oct 24, 2024


Overnight Level Crossing Closures at Blyth Bebside (2nd, 3rd & 4th November)
We will be undertaking works to complete the upgrade of the level crossing on Front Street, in the area shown below, ahead of the...
Oct 24, 2024


Update on Wansbeck Square works in Ashington
Demolition and clearance works have now started at Wansbeck Square, Ashington, next to the new Northumberland Line station site. Funded...
Oct 18, 2024


Thousands of school children taught how to stay safe on the new Northumberland Line
Thousands of school children have been taught how to stay safe on the new Northumberland Line. The line will reopen to passengers – for...
Oct 17, 2024


Road Construction Works at Newsham
We will be undertaking the final phases of work to finish construction on the station and the new roundabouts on the west and east side...
Oct 15, 2024


Overnight Works at Bedlington
We have an update about upcoming midweek and weekend overnight working on the construction of the new station at Bedlington. The current...
Oct 11, 2024


Signalling History Shared
Ahead of the Northumberland Line resignalling project commencing earlier this year, a team from the Friends of the National Railway...
Oct 3, 2024


Days Out By Train
As we get closer to launching the passenger service on the Northumberland Line, it's time to look at where else you could travel to. As...
Oct 1, 2024


Overnight Works at Northumberland Park
With the mining works treatment now nearing completion, we are moving into the next phase of construction which will include the...
Sep 30, 2024


Celebrating Community Rail Week
This week is Community Rail Week and we joined the launch event in Haltwhistle earlier in the week in partnership with the Community Rail...
7 hours ago


Weekend Engineering Works - June 2025
Following on from the line closure over the Easter weekend, we have a further 3 weekends in June when the Northumberland Line rail...
May 14


Revised Timetable from Sunday 18th May
A revised train timetable will start from Sunday 18th May and run until Saturday 13th December 2025. There are no major changes to the...
May 9
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