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Toucan Crossing Works - Chase Farm Drive, Blyth
From Monday 6 October 2025 works will commence to install the permanent signal-controlled crossing for pedestrians and cyclists (known as...
Oct 4


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


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


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


Works Continuing on Front Street, Bebside
Further to our recent news posts, we are continuing with the works to upgrade Front Street and Errington Street as our progress was...
Sep 24


Station Construction Progress Meeting at Northumberland Park (7th October 2025)
We will be hosting an information session that will provide an update on progress so far and upcoming works relating to construction of...
Sep 24


West Car Park at Newsham - Opens Monday 29th September
From Monday 29 th September 2025, Newsham Station’s west car park will open to the public. This will release additional car parking...
Sep 22


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


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


Overnight Works on Bebside Front Street Extended
Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions over the weekend, the team has been unable to complete the required resurfacing work...
Sep 16


Overnight Road Closures for Newsham Station Works
Full overnight road closures will be in place across the west and east side of Newsham Station to facilitate the final works required to...
Sep 16


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


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


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


Further Works on Front Street, Bebside
We are sharing that there will be additional highways and footway work on Front Street, which is now anticipated to finish in late...
Sep 8


Overnight Closure on A189 Spine Road - Thursday 4th Sept 2025
There will be another overnight road closure on the A189 Spine Road between the Bebside and Three Horse Shoes roundabouts starting from...
Aug 31


August 2025 Newsletter
There's still a lot of work happening on the Northumberland Line as we get closer to welcoming our final 3 stations, plus we've got 3...
Aug 29


Accessibility Drop In Event at Newsham - 12th Sept 2025
We held a very successful accessibility drop in event in Ashington earlier in the year and we're inviting interested groups and...
Aug 27


Bedlington - Barrington Road Closure
Following on from previous recent posts, we've been informed by the contractor that a section of Barrington Road between West View and...
Aug 27


Council set to consider rail-line funding increase
Northumberland County Council is set to consider extra funding to ensure the Northumberland Line rail project can be completed in full as...
Aug 26


New Northumberland Line Timetable from Sunday 14th December
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
4 hours ago


Off Peak Roadworks on Rotary Road
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).
Nov 20


EV Charging at Northumberland Line Stations
Electric car charging is now available at Ashington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham and Seaton Delaval stations on the Northumberland Line. There are instructions on each of the chargers, along with a QR code to buy charging time. The chargers are 7.4KW and cost £0.57 per KWh and you can either choose to charge until your car is full or select by the KWh for your charge. Parking is free for EV cars on charge at Northumberland Line stations.
Nov 17
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