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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

Have you taken The Journey yet ? As part of the development of the Northumberland Line, poet John Challis has written a poem to commemorate the lines rich history, which is shared with today's users of the line. The poem has a stanza for each of the line's six new stations and can also be seen at each of the Northumberland Line's new stations. We hope you enjoy it.

Now that all six stations are open on the Northumberland Line and track works have been completed, we won't be sharing any future "business as usual" works that Network Rail carry out along the line. If you'd like to stay in touch with works taking place near your home, then either scan the QR code above or click here to sign up with Network Rail and they'll let you know when any works will be taking place along the line.