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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

Bedlington - Barrington Road Closure

Following on from previous recent posts, we've been informed by the contractor that a section of Barrington Road between West View 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

Bedlington Road Works Update

We are pleased to share that the works on Ravensworth Street/Station Street, to complete essential drainage upgrades, are now complete...

Aug 21

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

Connecting Communities (Northumberland Line Photographic Journey) heads to Killingworth

Killingworth will be the next destination for the Connecting Communities Northumberland Line Photographic Journey, with the exhibition...

Jul 23

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

Northumberland Park - Lift Shaft Installation & Platform Works

We are currently planning to receive delivery of and install the staircase and lift shaft on the weekend of Friday 27 June 2025 from...

Jun 18

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

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

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

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

Platform Progress at Bedlington

Over the Easter weekend, trains were replaced by buses on the Northumberland Line to allow for platform construction at Bedlington to...

Apr 24

Restoring the Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway

As well as restoring passenger services to the Northumberland Line, some members of the team from across the project have been helping to...

Apr 17

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

Overnight Construction Works at Northumberland Park

Following our previous update from December 2024, we have now finished working on the front platform pre-cast units and have installed...

Mar 25

Blyth Bebside Station Construction Update Information Session - 3rd March

We will be holding a public information session on Monday 3 March 2025 from 6pm to 7:30pm at Briardale House, Briardale Road, Blyth, NE24...

Feb 20

New Northumberland Line Timetable from Sunday 14th December

The timetable for trains on the Northumberland Line will change from Sunday 14th December 2025. The new timetable will see trains on Mondays to Saturdays generally run around 7 minutes later than they do now in each direction. On Sundays, the trains will generally run around 2 minutes later than they do currently. We'll also see a new later train from Newcastle to Ashington at 23.21 on Mondays to Saturdays which will improve night out opportunities along the line, with this

Nov 28

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).

Nov 20

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.

Nov 17