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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, 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

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

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, 2025

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, 2025

Connecting Communities (Northumberland Line Photographic Journey) heads to Killingworth

Killingworth will be the next destination for the Connecting Communities Northumberland Line Photographic Journey, with the exhibition...

Jul 23, 2025

Northern's Customer and Community Improvement Fund (CCIF) is open

This year, the fund has been doubled to £200,000, made up of individual grants with values of up to £2,500, £10,000 or £20,000. The CCIF...

Jul 1, 2025

June Newsletter

Here's the latest Northumberland Line newsletter, with the latest information on the three remaining stations as well as a host of other...

Jun 30, 2025

Northumberland Park Update

Ahead of the lift installation and platform works over the next few weeks, we catch up with the project team to hear the latest progress...

Jun 25, 2025

Northumberland Park - Lift Shaft Installation & Platform Works

We are currently planning to receive delivery of and install the staircase and lift shaft on the weekend of Friday 27 June 2025 from...

Jun 18, 2025

Better Transport Week - Local Transport Worth Celebrating

Better Transport Week is a celebration of the transport that connects communities and brings people together. From shopping delivered by...

Jun 17, 2025

Tell us your Northumberland Line story

We know that the Northumberland Line has made journeys so much easier for many residents in South East Northumberland, be that making it...

Jun 3, 2025

Celebrating Community Rail Week

This week is Community Rail Week and we joined the launch event in Haltwhistle earlier in the week in partnership with the Community Rail...

May 21, 2025

Weekend Engineering Works - June 2025

Following on from the line closure over the Easter weekend, we have a further 3 weekends in June when the Northumberland Line rail...

May 14, 2025

April Newsletter

Now that we've got 3 stations up and running on the Northumberland Line, we've changed the frequency of our newsletter. Here's the latest...

Apr 30, 2025

Connecting Communities - Northumberland Line Photographic Journey

Thanks to our partners at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, you can enjoy a unique journey through the Northumberland Line's construction....

Apr 8, 2025

Overnight Construction Works at Northumberland Park

Following our previous update from December 2024, we have now finished working on the front platform pre-cast units and have installed...

Mar 25, 2025

February Newsletter

Our February newsletter is fashionably late, but for a very good reason, as we're sharing the news on the opening of the station at...

Mar 6, 2025

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.

3 days ago

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