In this article from the Northumberland Gazette, which discusses the opening of the fourth station on the line at Blyth Bebside next Sunday, the 19th October 2025, gave great news for passenger figures on the line.
So far, two stations, one at Ashington, and the other at Seaton Delaval, opened with the line itself on 15th December 2024, and the third station at Newsham, opened shortly afterwards on the 17th March 2025.
Tickets to travel to and from Blyth Bebside are now available to purchase, and to quote the article itself:
‘It comes after the Northumberland Line reopened to passengers – for the first time in 60 years – in December 2024. Since then, they have used it to make more than 650,000 journeys.
Services, which are run by Northern, have proved to be very popular during weekends and school holidays. But the train operator has also seen a growing number of commuters and students using weekday services in recent months.‘
With the first anniversary of the line fast approaching on 15th December 2025, perhaps it is not outlandish to suggest that the volume of journeys will be fast approaching a three quarters of a million by then, with a simple average of 650,000 passengers in 302 days (15.12.24 to 12.10.25) meaning that 2,152 passengers/day are using the line on average, and if the same rate is maintained in the coming 60 days, it would add approximately 135,000 additional journeys onto the 650,000 already made.
A huge success, but one that could be boosted even further if the Northumberland Coast Loop is added as an option for direct connections to North Northumberland and Scotland?
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