The YouTube channel is now up and running, and will steadily see additional videos added in the coming weeks, please take a look and subscribe to see latest info. The first video is 66740 on the ‘Alcan’ tanks leaving Morpeth North Curve, headed for Fort William, with this freight service using the N.C.L. route betweenContinue reading “Northumberland Coast Loop YouTube Channel”
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Northumberland Line Announcement
Please click here for the latest announcement on the Northumberland Line from the Northumberland Gazette, with key facts being: 1. December 2024 being target date for opening, with earlier date being hoped for. 2. Estimated final cost in region of £298.5m.
Hinting at the Northumberland Coast Loop back in 1992: ‘The Alternative East Coast’
This video (Railways Of The North-East in Retrospect 1961 to 1968), at 20min 35seconds in starts with a section ‘The Alternative East Coast’ The narration of the video tells us that this was a diverted Edinburgh to Kings Cross service, hauled by 43109 due to the mainline being blocked near Morpeth (due to an accidentContinue reading “Hinting at the Northumberland Coast Loop back in 1992: ‘The Alternative East Coast’”
N.C.L. Response to ‘Prime Minister urged to ‘unlock’ A1, Blyth Relief Road and Moor Farm Roundabout works, as well as expand the Northumberland Line’.
In yesterdays Northumberland Gazette, there was an article asking for newly elected PM Sir Keir Starmer to give his backing to major infrastructure projects in Northumberland. While investment in Northumberland is indeed welcomed, we need to ensure such investment is right for targets needing met, and not running contrary to others, which is where ourContinue reading “N.C.L. Response to ‘Prime Minister urged to ‘unlock’ A1, Blyth Relief Road and Moor Farm Roundabout works, as well as expand the Northumberland Line’.”
Avoidable Car Chaos on the Northumberland Coast?
While it is great to see articles such as the one below that recognise the beauty of the Northumberland Coast at places such as Beadnell and hopefully encourage more visitors, and consequent tourist spend; it could be chaotic to bring these tourists in by road, and repeating the problems experiences in places like the LakeContinue reading “Avoidable Car Chaos on the Northumberland Coast?”
More support for the Northumberland Coast Loop than Dualling the A1?
Monday 15th July 2024. As of this evening, the Northumberland Coast Loop Petition stands at 628 signatures, which means it now has exceeded the figure achieved by the Dual the A1 from Morpeth to the Scottish Border Petition back in 2012, which only garnered 624 signatures. The rail option, by this metric is the moreContinue reading “More support for the Northumberland Coast Loop than Dualling the A1?”
2024 UK Election: An Unprecedented Opportunity for the Northumberland Coast Loop?
The election just past, on 4th July 2024 resulted in a landslide vote for Labour, with every seat on the route of the Northumberland Coast Loop now taken by a Labour MP, an unprecendented situation; never before has the whole area covered by the route had all members of parliament belong to a singular party.Continue reading “2024 UK Election: An Unprecedented Opportunity for the Northumberland Coast Loop?”
N.C.L. Update 23rd June 2024: Petition Update, Journey Times and more!
The Northumberland Coast Loop Petition is continuing to do well and gain signatures, now only 40 away from its next big target, please click the link above to view and hopefully join more than 500 others who have done so to date! Our recent post about journey times via the existing East Coast Main LineContinue reading “N.C.L. Update 23rd June 2024: Petition Update, Journey Times and more!”
Newcastle to Berwick via Bedlington – Journey Times Comparison
Please see below a journey times comparison for a local (all stations service), between the proposed Northumberland Coast Loop (N.C.L.) and the ‘Chathill Flyer’. Times between trains are derived from the following timetables shown on Real Time Trains (RTT) as a publically accessible and free resource to fact check. Newcastle to Chathill via Cramlington andContinue reading “Newcastle to Berwick via Bedlington – Journey Times Comparison”
Northumberland Coast Loop attending the Environmental Hustings, Alnwick 19.6.24
A very good meeting tonight with five of the North Northumberland MP candidates in attendance; David Smith for the Labour Party, Anne-Marie Trevelyan for the Conservatives, and the incumbent MP for Berwick Upon Tweed, Natalie Younes for the Liberal Democrats, Georgina Hill as an independent, and Jan Rosen for the Green Party. There was anContinue reading “Northumberland Coast Loop attending the Environmental Hustings, Alnwick 19.6.24”
The Northumberland Coast Loop 