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Bedlington Station Construction - Drop In Event on Thursday 23rd October 2025

The Northumberland Line team will be holding a public information drop-in session on Thursday 23 October 2025 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at East Bedlington Community Centre, 16 Station Street, Bedlington, NE22 7JN. Members of the team delivering the project, including Northumberland County Council and stations contractor Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, will be available to speak to about the construction works. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A DROP IN EVENT AND NOT A PRESENTATION EVENT.

Oct 16, 2025

Ashington Still Needs Your Vote

A huge thank you to everyone who has voted for Ashington so far in the World Cup of Stations for 2025. You've got until 23.59 on Friday 17th October 2025 to cast your vote and Ashington is currently sitting 2nd in the public vote. World Cup of Stations Ashington has a history of creating World Cup winners and let's see if we can add another trophy for the town.

Oct 14, 2025

Ashington Needs Your Vote !

We're sharing some great news as Ashington has been shortlisted in the 2025 World Cup of Stations. Click Here To Vote The World Cup of...

Oct 13, 2025

Tickets now on sale for customers planning to use new Northumberland Line station

Customers planning to use a new station on the Northumberland Line can now buy tickets for their journeys, ahead of the opening next week....

Oct 9, 2025

Voices of the Northumberland Line - Calvin's Story

Enjoy the 5th of our Northumberland Line stories and this time we hear from Calvin. This is the last in our current series of stories,...

Oct 3, 2025

Then & Now - Blyth Bebside

As we get closer to Blyth Bebside station opening on Sunday 19th October 2025, we're taking a look back at the old station and sharing...

Oct 2, 2025

Voices of the Northumberland Line - Jean's story

Here's our 4th installment of Voices of the Northumberland Line and we hand over to Jean to share her story.......

Sep 26, 2025

Voices of the Northumberland Line - Reece's Story

We're sharing the 3rd of our Voices of the Northumberland Line series and this time, we're hearing Reece's story on how the...

Sep 19, 2025

Heaton TrainCare Centre Open Event

The doors to Northern's Heaton TrainCare Centre are being opened to the public for a special event to celebrate it's 150th anniversary on...

Sep 16, 2025

Voices of the Northumberland Line - Melanie's Story

We're sharing the second of our series of Northumberland Line stories - real life people sharing how the Northumberland Line has changed...

Sep 15, 2025

Blyth Bebside Opening Date Confirmed

The fourth station to be completed on the Northumberland Line will open on Sunday, October 19th 2025. Since the opening of the line in...

Sep 11, 2025

Voices of the Northumberland Line - James' Story

The Northumberland Line has changed the way people travel in South East Northumberland and we asked local people to share their stories...

Sep 9, 2025

First conductors for new Northumberland Line begin training as more set to be recruited

The first three conductors recruited to work on the new Northumberland Line have started their training with Northern – as the closing...

Nov 10, 2023

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

The Journey

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.

Jun 15