Newcastle – Bedlington – Edinburgh Rail Service Campaign
As of 21.3.25, the petition for the Northumberland Coast Loop route to Edinburgh from Newcastle (Newcastle – Bedlington – Pegswood – Berwick – Edinburgh) is performing well with 237 verified signatures
It has also now got a much easier link to view and sign it at https://www.change.org/northumberlandcoastloopedinburgh
Massive thanks to those who have financially supported the rail petition!
Massive thanks to all contributors to the rail petition, with every donation, large or small going directly to change.org to help promote the petition for a rail service from Newcastle to Edinburgh via Bedlington; this route being used as recently as the 8th March 2025 with ‘The Seven Counties Rambler’ railtour passing over it.
Let’s hope that other local rail campaigners will get behind this proposal, as they are already aware of it.
Alnwick, Alnmouth Station, & Amble ‘Bus Meets Train’ Campaign
Complementing the above rail service proposal, is one for a dedicated bus service to improve connection between the Northumberland towns of Alnwick, Amble and Warkworth to Alnmouth railway station.
It was launched in response to recent comments made on the Alnwick Matters Facebook Group that buses to and from Alnmouth Station were not adequate and needed improvement, and is borne out by the strong support for the petition.
Alnwick Castle in particular has been mentioned by train ticketing company TrainSplit as being within easy reach of Alnmouth Station by bus.
The proposal centres around providing a half-hourly bus service from the railway station to both of these towns, which is presently poorly served by other bus services, which run on an inconvenient schedule, and have a reputation for unreliability, being either late or not running at all.
This would support a better connection to all rail services, not just those proposed for the Northumberland Coast Loop.
A dedicated bus could overcome the unreliability of existing bus services, as well as making a much improved ‘bus meets train’ service connecting this popular area of Northumberland with local and national rail services.
The petition is performing well, having just exceeded 300 signatures, and now also has a bespoke link to it here: https://www.change.org/AlnwickAlnmouthAmbleBusMeetsTrainCampaign
Yet again, I would like to thank all the supporters of this campaign, who have given an amazing £44 via Change.org to help promote the petition.
In total, this represents a fantastic £60 of support via change.org to help promote these petitions, and a total of 540 signatures across both petitions.
Thank you to everyone who has made a contribution of any size, even those simply sharing these petitions with friends and family is of huge benefit at zero cost, and please help keep up the momentum!
Thank you, and kind regards, Ryan Hogg.
The Northumberland Coast Loop 