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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


Overnight Roadworks on South Newsham Road, Blyth
From Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 August 2025 (3 nights) , full road closures will be in place across the west and east sides of the new...
Jul 30


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


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


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


Overnight Roadworks at Newsham from 7th July 2025
From Monday 7 July 2025 for approximately 3 weeks, there will be full road closures in place across the west and east side of the new...
Jun 23


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


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


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


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


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


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


Ravensworth Street, Bedlington - Works Extended
The current closure of the southern end of Ravensworth Street in Bedlington will be extended and works are now due to complete on Friday...
5 days ago


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


Overnight Roadworks on South Newsham Road, Blyth
From Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 August 2025 (3 nights) , full road closures will be in place across the west and east sides of the new...
Jul 30
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