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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

Overnight Road Surfacing Works in Bedlington

In order to facilitate road surfacing works around the new Bedlington Station, please be advised that overnight temporary road closures will be in place from Thursday 19th February 2026 until Thursday 26th February 2026 between the hours of 9:00pm – 6:00am each evening. These moving road closures will take place on Station Road/Melrose Villas, Ravensworth Street/ Station Street, Palace Road and Clayton Street including across the level crossings at both Bedlington North and S

2 days ago

Train Times from Northumberland Park

Ahead of the station at Northumberland Park opening on Sunday 22nd February, we can now share the Northumberland Line timetable that includes the calls at Northumberland Park. Tickets for travel from opening day onwards are now available to buy from the Northern website. You can buy tickets from the Northern website by clicking here .

Feb 5

Information Event Ahead Of Northumberland Park Station Opening

Our next station on the Northumberland Line to open will be Northumberland Park on Sunday 22nd February 2026. Ahead of the reintroduction of the passenger service at this station, you're invited you to join us on Wednesday 18th February 2026 at Backworth Hall, Station Rd, Backworth, NE27 0AH from 6.15pm to 7.45pm for an information event. The event will be a drop in, so call in any time between 6.15pm and 7.45pm to ask questions about the station and the new rail service that

Feb 4