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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


Overnight Cable Works at Bedlington
Overnight works will be taking place on the platforms at Bedlington station from Monday 27th April for up to 2 weeks to allow for cable labeling works to take place at lighting columns. The works will happen between 11pm and 6am (between the last train departing and the first train running the following morning). The works are not expected to be noisy.
3 days ago


New Artwork at Manors
If you're travelling to or from Manors, please take a look at some great new art installations which have been curated by Newcastle Deaf Centre in partnership with the Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership and Northern. Local school groups have helped to make each piece that's on display as part of their creative visits across the region for inspiration. It's a great way to brighten up the station. If you'd like to support the Northumberland Line Community Line Partnership t
Apr 12


The Final Northumberland Line Newsletter
We're all feeling very emotional across the Northumberland Line project as we share our final project newsletter with you. This is the 35th and last edition of our newsletter, which over those 35 editions has followed the development of the Northumberland Line through its planning and consultation phase, through the construction process, onto the opening of stations and start of passenger services, and now, to the completion of all six new stations. We'd like to thank everyon
Apr 10
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