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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

Northumberland Line in focus

YouTuber Geoff Marshall recently visited the Northumberland Line to learn more about our six new stations ahead of the launch of...

Mar 7, 2024

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

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

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

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

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

Signal Boxes to be removed

We're sharing some sad news about plans to remove Marcheys House and North Seaton signal boxes to enable the Northumberland Line, which...

Jan 12, 2024

Upcoming Work in Bedlington

We'll be seeing some further work on the level crossing at Bedlington South for further testing of the new equipment as well as work on...

Jan 9, 2024

Drop in Event at Seaton Delaval

We are holding a public information event for local residents to find out more about overnight work and the construction programme for...

Jan 8, 2024

Christmas Newsletter

We've got a bumper newsletter for you as this one takes in November and the early part of December. There's a lot of work taking place...

Dec 18, 2023

Track Works at Bebside

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE WORKS HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED We will be working along a 500m length of the railway track in Blyth Bebside 24...

Dec 18, 2023

Clearing The Way

Providing benefits for the community is one of the main aims of the Northumberland Line, and one of the most recent bits of work has seen...

Dec 5, 2023

Northumberland Park - Update & Presentation Event

Our next Presentation event for residents at Northumberland Park will take at Backworth Hall, Station Road, NE27 0AH on the evening of...

Nov 30, 2023

Thank You Newsham

We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended our drop in event at Blyth Town Football Club last night to talk about the...

Nov 30, 2023

Newsham Bridge Taking Shape

Over the weekend of the 18th & 19th of November, there was some huge progress in the Northumberland Line project as the installation of...

Nov 20, 2023

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

February Newsletter

We've had another very busy few weeks on the Northumberland Line with the announcements on the station opening dates at Northumberland Park & Bedlington, celebrating 1 million passenger journeys and the opening of Northumberland Park this week. Want to catch up on the latest news - here's our February newsletter.

6 days ago

All Aboard at Northumberland Park

The penultimate station to be completed on the Northumberland Line has been officially opened. The first train rolled into the new station at Northumberland Park near Backworth in North Tyneside shortly after 8am on Sunday, February 22nd, opening up a new era of transport connectivity for the region. From Northumberland Park, customers will be able to travel to Newcastle in around 12 minutes or Ashington in 23 minutes. The station is also an interchange with the Tyne and We

Feb 23

Get Ready Northumberland Park

Want to know more about Northumberland Park station - read our FAQ's ahead of the Northumberland Line's latest station and Britain's 2,600th station opening........ 1. Are the works at Northumberland Park now complete? All the works within the Northumberland Park station site itself are now complete ahead of the station opening to passengers on Sunday 22 February 2026. We still have some ongoing remediation works to complete outside of the station and in Fenwick Close that a

Feb 20