The ‘Blyth and Tyne Mini Tour’ by UK Railtours was an excellent trip (would highly recommend using their services as they were a pleasure to deal with right from booking, through to leaving the train).
As my travel was aboard the train itself, giving an opportunity for videos of the route between Bedlington and Morpeth, I unfortunately couldn’t take any external shots in the area around Morpeth or Bedlington.
However, fortunately by the kind permission of the photographer, Steve Miller has allowed for his photo above to be used. This image shows just how close the Northumberland Coast Loop could be to reality; the route is already entirely in place to link Bedlington to Pegswood (not traversed by this railtour) and thus the ‘missing link’ between the soon to open Northumberland Line and the ECML headed north isn’t really missing at all.
Petition update: In just the last few days, the rate of signatures being added to the Northumberland Coast Loop petition has exploded, with current (22:20 on 11th June 24) figures being at 529, with Change.org stats giving 89 signatories just this week.
If you haven’t already signed, please do so using the link below 👇
The Northumberland Coast Loop 