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Track & Signalling Works Progressing Well At Bedlington

Our teams have been out and about capturing the progress of the track and signalling works that are taking place at Bedlington until...

Apr 2, 2024

Overnight Level Crossing Closures at Newsham

The level crossing at Newsham will have some overnight closures so that the railway tracks south of Newsham can be upgraded, between...

Mar 28, 2024

Level Crossing Closures at Blyth Bebside

We will be installing and testing new level crossing equipment at Bebside Level Crossing from 10pm on Sunday 7 April to 6am on Tuesday 16...

Mar 26, 2024

Update on Level Crossing Closures & Engineering Work in Bedlington

We will be working in the area 24 hours a day on the following dates and times. · From 10.00pm on Thursday 28 March to 12.30 on...

Mar 25, 2024

Get On The Right Track

Are you looking for a local training opportunity to work in the rail industry ? Here's a great (& free) course starting in April.

Mar 19, 2024

Closure of Chase Meadows Foot Crossing

The pedestrian foot crossing at Chase Meadows will close from Thursday 4th April. It has always been the intention to install a new...

Mar 14, 2024

Rail Minister welcomes progress as Northumberland Line opening nears

Rail Minister Huw Merriman saw first-hand progress being made towards the opening of the Northumberland Line this summer. The rail line –...

Mar 5, 2024

Great Work in January

After enjoying a closedown over Christmas and New Year, the work on building 6 new stations started again in January, and so did the...

Feb 21, 2024

Seghill Level Crossing Closure

Track renewal works will be taking place at Seghill level crossing from 9.30pm on Saturday 24th February until 5.30am on Monday 26th...

Feb 16, 2024

Northumberland Park Drop In Event

We'll be hosting a drop in event at Backworth Hall on Tuesday 13th February between 6pm and 7.30pm. We'll have members of the team from...

Feb 12, 2024

Celebrating Apprenticeship Week

We're celebrating Apprenticeship Week on the Northumberland Line this week, especially as our station construction partner, Morgan...

Feb 5, 2024

Thank You Seaton Delaval

We'd like to say thank you to everyone who attended our drop in event at Seaton Delaval Arts Centre last night. We had some great...

Jan 23, 2024

Weekend Works at Northumberland Park & Piling Unit Deliveries

The cold weather this week has restricted the creation of the crane pad at Algernon Drive. Unfortunately, this means that works will be...

Jan 19, 2024

Passenger Services Confirmed for Summer 2024

The Northumberland Line – bringing passenger services back between the South East of the county and central Newcastle – will be open from...

Jan 17, 2024

Project Milestone at Northumberland Park

We are delighted to share that we have safely and successfully installed a 160 tonne Crawler Crane on site at Northumberland Park. Space...

Jan 12, 2024

Upcoming Work in Bedlington

We'll be seeing some further work on the level crossing at Bedlington South for further testing of the new equipment as well as work on...

Jan 9, 2024

Drop in Event at Seaton Delaval

We are holding a public information event for local residents to find out more about overnight work and the construction programme for...

Jan 8, 2024

New Level Crossing at Bedlington South

Work has been ongoing over the past week or so to install a new level crossing at Bedlington South. This is the first of the new look...

Jan 5, 2024

Christmas Newsletter

We've got a bumper newsletter for you as this one takes in November and the early part of December. There's a lot of work taking place...

Dec 18, 2023

Track Works at Bebside

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE WORKS HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED We will be working along a 500m length of the railway track in Blyth Bebside 24...

Dec 18, 2023

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

Engineering Works in Bedlington

Engineering works are planned on the Northumberland Line during the morning of Sunday 9th August 2026. Works will be taking place on the track at Bedlington and buses will replace trains between Ashington and Newsham, with trains then running between Newsham and Newcastle on the usual Sunday timetable. Buses will leave Ashington at 08:02, 09:02, 10:02 & 11:02 for Newsham and the first train will be at 12:38 towards Newcastle & Metrocentre. Buses will leave Bedlington at 08:1

Jul 21

A Day Out To Make A Difference

To celebrate them becoming Newsham Station adopters, Blyth Rotary are raising funds for Rotary International’s own charity “End Polio Now - Purple for Polio”. On Friday 3rd July they intend to see how far they can travel with Northern in a day: Cover over 400 miles Pass through a total of 86 station stops Go through 59 towns and hope to raise sponsorship They will begin at Ashington at 0607 hrs and visit Middlesborough, Saltburn, Whitby, Bishop Auckland, Thornaby, then along

Jul 1