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Northumberland Park - Lift Shaft Installation & Platform Works

We are currently planning to receive delivery of and install the staircase and lift shaft on the weekend of Friday 27 June 2025 from...

Jun 18, 2025

Better Transport Week - Local Transport Worth Celebrating

Better Transport Week is a celebration of the transport that connects communities and brings people together. From shopping delivered by...

Jun 17, 2025

Weekend Engineering Works Reminder - 21st & 22nd, 28th & 29th June

We appreciate that closing part of the line isn’t ideal, but by having the line closed through Bedlington does allow our construction...

Jun 16, 2025

Blyth Bebside Station Construction Update

Join us to see the latest progress on the station at Blyth Bebside, which we're anticipating will open in late August or early September...

Jun 13, 2025

Connecting Communities comes to Seaton Delaval

Come and visit Connecting Communities, the Northumberland Line Photographic Journey in Astley Park Pavilion in Seaton Delaval between the...

Jun 12, 2025

Tell us your Northumberland Line story

We know that the Northumberland Line has made journeys so much easier for many residents in South East Northumberland, be that making it...

Jun 3, 2025

Overnight Roadworks on A189 Spine Road

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

Jun 2, 2025

Changes to proposals for Chase Meadows Level Crossing

The Northumberland Line has brought passenger trains back into service on the existing railway line between Ashington and Newcastle,...

May 30, 2025

Bedlington Station Construction Update

Work is progressing on the station construction at Bedlington and there will be 3 weekend closures in June so that more work close to the...

May 29, 2025

One Amazing Day in Ashington

Don't miss One Amazing Day in Ashington on Saturday 31st May and why not leave the car at home and catch the Northumberland Line train to...

May 28, 2025

Roadworks at Newsham

Our next phase of works continues on the west of the site for the new road alignment for the west roundabout. The next phase of works...

May 27, 2025

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...

May 21, 2025

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, 2025

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, 2025

Roadworks at Newsham to complete early

We posted back on the 14th April 2025 about roadworks on the west side of the station at Newsham. The works were due to be completed on...

Apr 30, 2025

April Newsletter

Now that we've got 3 stations up and running on the Northumberland Line, we've changed the frequency of our newsletter. Here's the latest...

Apr 30, 2025

Milestone reached as 250,000th passenger journey made on Northumberland Line

Passengers who have made more than 250,000 journeys on Northumberland Line services are being reminded they can beat the queues for...

Apr 25, 2025

Platform Progress at Bedlington

Over the Easter weekend, trains were replaced by buses on the Northumberland Line to allow for platform construction at Bedlington to...

Apr 24, 2025

Ashington Eco Fair - Friday 25th March 2025

We'll be attending the Eco Fair in Ashington at Hirst Welfare Centre on Friday 25th April between 10am and 3pm. If you've got any...

Apr 21, 2025

Footpath Additions at Seaton Delaval Station

We're sharing some great news on the introduction of new public footpaths which are making access to the station at Seaton Delaval a...

Apr 19, 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