This recent article from the BBC suggests that the highly popular 08:10 CrossCountry service from Alnmouth (for Alnwick) might survive the December 2025 ECML timetable change, though this is not yet certain.
CrossCountry wish to maintain the service serving Alnmouth, and as a very popular on (around 100 daily users of this train are quoted in the above BBC article), contributes massively towards the near million rail users on the North Northumberland stretch of the ECML in the 2023/24 rail user year (please see above article for details).
Loss of the CrossCountry service at Alnmouth would therefore a massive backwards step for rail users in North Northumberland – the 2024/25 figures, yet to be released may well show over a million rail users given the trends from the preceding year; losing well used services when more people are using rail is an absurd proposition surely?
Act NOW
Please sign this long running petition by David Towns to see more local services on the ECML between Berwick and Newcastle. At time of writing (7.1.25), it has 502 signatures, lets see how quickly 1000 can be reached?
If you live in the North Northumberland constituency, please write to David Smith, MP for North Northumberland to request support for retaining the 08:10 service at Alnmouth, alongside an improved service at other stations in his area (Morpeth, Pegswood, Widdrington, Acklington, Alnmouth, Chathill, and Berwick Upon Tweed all fall within his contituency), and please mention the proposed Northumberland Coast Loop too!
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Thanks, RH.
The Northumberland Coast Loop 