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Following the changes made to Nexus Pop Fares from 1st April 2026, some of the rail only fares have also been revised on the Northumberland Line. The positive is that rail only fares for 3 or 4 zone journeys have been reduced. This means that the peak time single fares from Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham and Seaton Delaval to Manors or Newcastle have been reduced to £2.40, with the off peak single fare reduced to £2.00. The single fares from Ashington & Bedling

Shortly before 8.30am on Sunday, March 29th 2026, the first passenger train in more than 60 years pulled into Bedlington. It marked the completion of the Northumberland Line programme – which has revolutionised travel in the area and surpassed all expectations in terms of passenger numbers since it opened in December 2024. And such has been the success of the line, proposals are being formulated to extend the scheme further north over the coming years – into Woodhorn and Newb

Getting to your Northumberland Line station at Bedlington is really easy as our active travel corridor links you to the station and there's cycle parking at the station or you can take your bike on the train. There's also some frequent bus services for you to make that connection to your Northumberland Line train. Check out our map that shows your local bus routes and the active travel corridor to get you to your Northumberland Line train. Your new station is well served by l

We're sharing that there will be some changes to the Pop fares that are available on the Northumberland Line and Tyne & Wear Metro from 1 st  April 2026. The changes to prices are shown below and the details are also now available on the Northumberland Line website - Tickets | Northumberland Line The key change is that Pop Pay As You Go will be capped at £2.50 for a single journey and £5 for unlimited daily travel. There will be increases to Pop Season Ticket prices and these

We've had another very busy few weeks on the Northumberland Line with the announcements on the station opening dates at Northumberland Park & Bedlington, celebrating 1 million passenger journeys and the opening of Northumberland Park this week. Want to catch up on the latest news - here's our February newsletter.

The penultimate station to be completed on the Northumberland Line has been officially opened. The first train rolled into the new station at Northumberland Park near Backworth in North Tyneside shortly after 8am on Sunday, February 22nd, opening up a new era of transport connectivity for the region. From Northumberland Park, customers will be able to travel to Newcastle in around 12 minutes or Ashington in 23 minutes. The station is also an interchange with the Tyne and We

Want to know more about Northumberland Park station - read our FAQ's ahead of the Northumberland Line's latest station and Britain's 2,600th station opening........ 1. Are the works at Northumberland Park now complete? All the works within the Northumberland Park station site itself are now complete ahead of the station opening to passengers on Sunday 22 February 2026. We still have some ongoing remediation works to complete outside of the station and in Fenwick Close that a

We're delighted to announce that Bedlington station on the Northumberland Line will open on Sunday 29th March 2026. We'll share details on the timetable a little nearer the time and ticket prices are shown on our website now, with tickets going on sale around 2 weeks before the station opens. We're looking forward to welcoming customers on board from Sunday 29th March 2026.

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 .

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

The next station on the Northumberland Line to open will be Northumberland Park on Sunday 22nd February 2026. The first train to serve the station will be the 08:10 to Ashington (07:54 from Newcastle), with the first train to Newcastle & Metrocentre at 09:02 (08:38 from Ashington). The new station will provide interchange with the Tyne & Wear Metro and through tickets are available with Pop Pay As You Go and Pop Season Tickets. For passengers using Pop - please remember to t

Passengers have now made more than 1,000,000 journeys on the Northumberland Line - as the next station's opening date is confirmed. The milestone was marked during a special event held at Blyth Bebside station. It comes after the line reopened to passengers – for the first time in 60 years – in December 2024, thanks to a project involving Northumberland County Council, the Department for Transport, Network Rail and Northern. Services currently call at Newcastle, Manors and ne

As we get closer to the new station at Northumberland Park opening, it's time to reach into the archives and compare the old station to the new one. Our new station is in a slightly different location to the previous station and also has a different name, with the previous station carrying the name of Backworth. The original station opened on 27th June 1864 and was called Hotspur, before the name changed to Backworth in the summer of 1865. The station had a single storey b

December saw the Northumberland Line hit a major milestone as we celebrated the first year of passenger services on the line. We're also looking forward to the last two stations opening at Northumberland Park and Bedlington in early 2026. Catch up on the latest news here

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

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).

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

If you'd like to learn more about the Northumberland Line project and how it's been delivered, you can join an online lecture from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The online event takes place from 6.30pm on Thursday 4th December and will be delivered by Simon Middleton from AECOM and Tony Lloyd from Morgan Sindall. Click here for more information and to book a free place (but you will need to set up an account to make a booking). The successful opening of the Northu

Network Rail will be undertaking track maintenance works in the Northumberland Park area using a machine called a Tamper, which is used to make sure the track is level. The works are essential for the continued development of the Northumberland Line rail project. What to expect during the works The tamping works will be undertaken along a section of track, as shown by the red line on the below map, from 11:30pm Monday 17 November 2025 to 5:30am Tuesday 18 November 2025 and 11

We've had an incredibly busy time since the last newsletter was issued - from the opening of Blyth Bebside station to Ashington becoming the World Cup of Stations winner for 2025 to progress on station construction at Bedlington and Northumberland Park. Read all the latest updates here;