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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

Track Renewals, Level Crossing Replacement & Signal Box Demolition at Marcheys House

As part of the Northumberland Line works, we'll be upgrading Marcheys House level crossing. This will include replacing the level...

Feb 27, 2024

Level Crossing Closures & Track Works at Bedlington

We will be working in the area 24 hours a day on the following dates and times. · From 9.30pm on Saturday 16 March to 5.30am on...

Feb 27, 2024

Level Crossing Closure & Signal Box Demolition at North Seaton

Works will start soon on the upgrading of North Seaton Level Crossing by replacing its barriers, removing the existing signal box and...

Feb 27, 2024

New date set for building dismantling at Bedlington

The dismantling of the South building at Bedlington Station has now been rescheduled to take place on Saturday 2nd March from 1pm until...

Feb 26, 2024

New Northumberland Line bus service at your service

A bus service connecting some of the key communities to the forthcoming Northumberland Line is showing its colours. The 434 bus service...

Feb 26, 2024

Overnight Works at Seaton Delaval

There are ongoing midweek and weekend overnight works continuing across the rest of February and March 2024. This also includes a period...

Feb 22, 2024

Overnight Level Crossing Closures

We'll have some overnight closures at level crossings from this weekend to allow for resurfacing work to take place. The level crossings...

Feb 22, 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

Improving the Northumberland Line's Track

One of the big changes on the Northumberland Line is that a lot of the track that the trains run on has had to be replaced. We're moving...

Feb 14, 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

Bedlington Station - South Building Dismantling Postponed

The dismantling of the southern building at Bedlington Station that was due to take place over this coming weekend (3rd to 5th February)...

Feb 2, 2024

January Newsletter

Our January newsletter is out now and there's a lot of work going on as we get ready for passenger services to start this Summer. Click...

Jan 30, 2024

Household Information Event - Ashington

We'll be attending the Household Information Event on Friday 26th January between 12 noon and 4pm at Hirst Welfare Centre on Alexandra...

Jan 25, 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

Tickets From Bedlington Please......

We're very excited ahead of the station at Bedlington opening on the Northumberland Line on Sunday 29th March. Tickets are now on sale to travel to or from Bedlington for journeys from the opening day and beyond from the Northern website, mobile phone app and ticket vending machines. Northern | Buy Cheap Train Tickets Online | Rail Fares We're looking forward to seeing you on the train.

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Information Event for Bedlington

Our next station (& last for now) on the Northumberland Line to open will be Bedlington on Sunday 29th March 2026. Ahead of the reintroduction of the passenger service at this station, you're invited you to join us on Monday 23rd March 2026 at East Bedlington Community Centre, 16-17 Station Road, Bedlington from 5.30pm to 7.30pm for an information event. The event will be a drop in, so call in any time between 5.30pm and 7.30pm to ask questions about the station and the new r

Mar 6

New Bus Service to Blyth Bebside

From Monday 23rd March, Arriva will provide a new peak time bus link to serve the Northumberland Line station at Blyth Bebside. The new route 3 will run from Blyth Bus Station to Blyth Bebside station via Newsham Road, Isabella, Cowpen Shops, Briardale Road, Blyth Community College, Bebside Middle School and Bebside Interchange. Buses will run on weekdays with 3 journeys in the morning peak to connect with trains to Newcastle and 3 journeys in the afternoon peak that connect

Mar 5