News

Feb 16, 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 14, 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 12, 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 5, 2024

Celebrating Apprenticeship Week

We're celebrating Apprenticeship Week on the Northumberland Line this week, especially as our station construction partner, Morgan...

Feb 2, 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)...

Jan 30, 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 25, 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 23, 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 22, 2024

Weekend Level Crossing Closure At West Sleekburn

The level crossing at Marcheys House at West Sleekburn will be closed from 9.30pm on Saturday 27th until 5.30am on Monday 29th January to...

Jan 19, 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 17, 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 12, 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 9, 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 8, 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 5, 2024

New Level Crossing at Bedlington South

Work has been ongoing over the past week or so to install a new level crossing at Bedlington South. This is the first of the new look...

Jan 5, 2024

Northumberland Park - Crane Delivery Reminder

Don't forget that car parking on Algernon Drive at Northumberland Park will be restricted from Monday 8th January until Wednesday 10th...

Dec 20, 2023

Northumberland Park - Crane Delivery

The next stage of works for construction of the station at Northumberland Park require a crane to be delivered, built and moved into...

Dec 19, 2023

Great Work in November

We've had a lot of construction activity taking place during November, including new bridges at Newsham, but as well as those projects,...

Dec 18, 2023

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...

7 hours ago

Special Offer from Ashington AFC for Northumberland Line customers

Celebrate the return of the Northumberland Line with Ashington AFC . After 60 years, the Northumberland Line is back, reconnecting South...

1 day ago

Overnight Slip Road Closure on A189 at Kitty Brewster Roundabout

The Southbound entry slip on the A189 at Kitty Brewster roundabout will be closed overnight on Thursday 9 January 2025 and Friday 10...

Dec 20, 2024

Newsham - West Roundabout works in January 2025

In early 2025, works will continue to align the road for the new west roundabout,. This work will be completed in phases and will last...