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Ashington Still Needs Your Vote
A huge thank you to everyone who has voted for Ashington so far in the World Cup of Stations for 2025. You've got until 23.59 on Friday 17th October 2025 to cast your vote and Ashington is currently sitting 2nd in the public vote. World Cup of Stations Ashington has a history of creating World Cup winners and let's see if we can add another trophy for the town.
Oct 14, 2025
Ashington Needs Your Vote !
We're sharing some great news as Ashington has been shortlisted in the 2025 World Cup of Stations. Click Here To Vote The World Cup of...
Oct 13, 2025
Tickets now on sale for customers planning to use new Northumberland Line station
Customers planning to use a new station on the Northumberland Line can now buy tickets for their journeys, ahead of the opening next week....
Oct 9, 2025
Voices of the Northumberland Line - Calvin's Story
Enjoy the 5th of our Northumberland Line stories and this time we hear from Calvin. This is the last in our current series of stories,...
Oct 3, 2025
Voices of the Northumberland Line - Jean's story
Here's our 4th installment of Voices of the Northumberland Line and we hand over to Jean to share her story.......
Sep 26, 2025
Voices of the Northumberland Line - Reece's Story
We're sharing the 3rd of our Voices of the Northumberland Line series and this time, we're hearing Reece's story on how the...
Sep 19, 2025
Heaton TrainCare Centre Open Event
The doors to Northern's Heaton TrainCare Centre are being opened to the public for a special event to celebrate it's 150th anniversary on...
Sep 16, 2025
Voices of the Northumberland Line - Melanie's Story
We're sharing the second of our series of Northumberland Line stories - real life people sharing how the Northumberland Line has changed...
Sep 15, 2025
Voices of the Northumberland Line - James' Story
The Northumberland Line has changed the way people travel in South East Northumberland and we asked local people to share their stories...
Sep 9, 2025
August 2025 Newsletter
There's still a lot of work happening on the Northumberland Line as we get closer to welcoming our final 3 stations, plus we've got 3...
Aug 29, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
All Aboard at Northumberland Park
The penultimate station to be completed on the Northumberland Line has been officially opened. The first train rolled into the new station at Northumberland Park near Backworth in North Tyneside shortly after 8am on Sunday, February 22nd, opening up a new era of transport connectivity for the region. From Northumberland Park, customers will be able to travel to Newcastle in around 12 minutes or Ashington in 23 minutes. The station is also an interchange with the Tyne and We
Feb 23
Get Ready Northumberland Park
Want to know more about Northumberland Park station - read our FAQ's ahead of the Northumberland Line's latest station and Britain's 2,600th station opening........ 1. Are the works at Northumberland Park now complete? All the works within the Northumberland Park station site itself are now complete ahead of the station opening to passengers on Sunday 22 February 2026. We still have some ongoing remediation works to complete outside of the station and in Fenwick Close that a
Feb 20
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