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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
Overnight Road Closures for Newsham Station Works
Full overnight road closures will be in place across the west and east side of Newsham Station to facilitate the final works required to...
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
Accessibility Drop In Event at Newsham - 12th Sept 2025
We held a very successful accessibility drop in event in Ashington earlier in the year and we're inviting interested groups and...
Aug 27
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
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
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).
3 days ago
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.
6 days ago
Virtual careers room launches for Northumberland SEND Schools
A specialised virtual careers room for the County Council’s schools has been launched to support Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) pupils. Developed by AECOM, the virtual careers room is a digital space in which users can interact with information in a variety of different formats and is accessible on mobile phones, tablets, computers and other devices. The project is part of the social value activities AECOM is investing in to uplift local communities along
Nov 11
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