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Highway Improvement Works at Bedlington Station

We will be undertaking works in Bedlington to upgrade the roads and footpaths around Bedlington Station from Monday 21 July 2025. These...

Jul 14, 2025

Overnight CCTV surveys and traffic management on Ravensworth Street, Bedlington

We will be undertaking trial holes overnight on Monday 14 July 2025 – Friday 18 July 2025 between the hours of 10:00pm and 5:00am each...

Jun 26, 2025

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, 2025

Footpath Additions at Seaton Delaval Station

We're sharing some great news on the introduction of new public footpaths which are making access to the station at Seaton Delaval a...

Apr 19, 2025

Service Disruption - Sunday 26th January

Due to overnight engineering work on the Northumberland Line, the first train in each direction on Sunday 26th January will have a rail...

Jan 24, 2025

Newsletter for September 2024

Here's the latest news on the construction of the Northumberland Line from September 2024.

Sep 27, 2024

Overnight Works at Blyth Bebside Level Crossing

Network Rail will be completing the testing of essential safety equipment that has been installed at Bebside Level Crossing (see image...

Aug 14, 2024

Newsham Road Bridge Opening Date

We're now expecting the new road bridge at Newsham to open to traffic in the early evening of Thursday 1st August. When the bridge opens,...

Jul 24, 2024

Plessey Road in Blyth Level Crossing Upgrade Works

We will be installing and testing the new level crossing equipment at Plessey Road Level Crossing from 10pm on Friday 19 April to 10pm on...

Apr 12, 2024

New Northumberland Line bus service at your service

A bus service connecting some of the key communities to the forthcoming Northumberland Line is showing its colours. The 434 bus service...

Feb 26, 2024

Mobility Scooters now permitted on Northern Trains

We're sharing some great news from Northern Trains as mobility scooters can now be carried on their trains. Customers who want to travel with a mobility scooter need to apply for a permit and that needs to be a permit plus for users in the North East. The permit plus criteria is based on the following; Maximum length of 120cm Maximum width of 60cm Maximum turning circle of 120cm Maximum combined weight of scooter and user: 300kg (47 stone) Fitted with anti-tip wheels Minimum

2 days ago

Engineering Works - 19th/20th & 26th/27th September

On the weekends of the 19th/20th and 26th/27th September, train services on the Northumberland Line will be suspended due to engineering works. A rail replacement bus service will run between Ashington and Northumberland Park (via all stations), with customers then changing onto the Tyne & Wear Metro for journeys into Newcastle City Centre. Rail tickets for the Northumberland Line will be valid on the Tyne & Wear Metro for journeys made on these days. A special timetable wil

Aug 26

Engineering Works at Bedlington on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th August - CANCELLED

We've just been advised by Network Rail today that the planned engineering works on the Northumberland Line for this coming Saturday night and Sunday morning (8th & 9th August) have now been postponed. This means that trains will run as normal and to the usual Sunday timetable. There are engineering works in late September and we'll share the details on those as soon as they're confirmed. Customers trying to buy tickets for these weekends will find that tickets are currently

Aug 4