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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Apr 16, 2025

Connecting Communities - Northumberland Line Photographic Journey

Thanks to our partners at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, you can enjoy a unique journey through the Northumberland Line's construction....

Apr 8, 2025

Thank You Newsham

We had a great turn out at our drop in event for local residents in Newsham on Tuesday night ahead of the new station opening on Monday...

Mar 14, 2025

Roadworks on Front Street at Blyth Bebside

The highways upgrade works are being completed in phases, with the next phase of temporary traffic management (TM) starting from Monday...

Mar 10, 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

3 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

4 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