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Overnight Works on Bebside Front Street Extended
Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions over the weekend, the team has been unable to complete the required resurfacing work...
Sep 16
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
Blyth Bebside Opening Date Confirmed
The fourth station to be completed on the Northumberland Line will open on Sunday, October 19th 2025. Since the opening of the line in...
Sep 11
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
Further Works on Front Street, Bebside
We are sharing that there will be additional highways and footway work on Front Street, which is now anticipated to finish in late...
Sep 8
Overnight Closure on A189 Spine Road - Thursday 4th Sept 2025
There will be another overnight road closure on the A189 Spine Road between the Bebside and Three Horse Shoes roundabouts starting from...
Aug 31
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New Northumberland Line Timetable from Sunday 14th December
The timetable for trains on the Northumberland Line will change from Sunday 14th December 2025. The new timetable will see trains on Mondays to Saturdays generally run around 7 minutes later than they do now in each direction. On Sundays, the trains will generally run around 2 minutes later than they do currently. We'll also see a new later train from Newcastle to Ashington at 23.21 on Mondays to Saturdays which will improve night out opportunities along the line, with this
Nov 28
Off Peak Roadworks on Rotary Road
From Monday 24th November, there will be some off peak roadworks and pedestrian walkway closures on Rotary Road, close to the Northumberland Park station construction site. The works will take place between 9.30am and 3.30pm on weekdays only and are expected to be complete by 12th December. There will be a southbound lane and pedestrian footway closure during the works (shown in blue on the picture).
Nov 20
EV Charging at Northumberland Line Stations
Electric car charging is now available at Ashington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham and Seaton Delaval stations on the Northumberland Line. There are instructions on each of the chargers, along with a QR code to buy charging time. The chargers are 7.4KW and cost £0.57 per KWh and you can either choose to charge until your car is full or select by the KWh for your charge. Parking is free for EV cars on charge at Northumberland Line stations.
Nov 17
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