A quick check of realtimetrains.com has revealed the timings of the SRPS Railtour ‘The Seven Counties Rambler’, due over the Northumberland Line/Hepscott Line as working 1Z34, the 17:38 Carlisle to Linlithgow. This will be hauled, as far as is known so far by a pair of Class 37 locomotives, one of which is due toContinue reading “The Seven Counties Rambler: Timetable Released”
Category Archives: Northumberland Coast Loop
Residents Poll for the Northumberland Coast Loop Route to Edinburgh
Please click here to view the Ko-fi poll for the Northumberland Coast Loop’s proposal for Blyth Bebside and Northumberland Park to have direct services to Edinburgh. Please can only residents of South East Northumberland/North Tyneside take part, and the poll will run for 30 days from today (2nd February 2025). If you’d like to considerContinue reading “Residents Poll for the Northumberland Coast Loop Route to Edinburgh”
Edinburgh by direct train from Blyth Bebside and Northumberland Park?
Edinburgh could be reached by rail in two hours or less from soon to open Northumberland Park, and Blyth Bebside stations by using an existing direct route via Hepscott and Pegswood. Please read below to find out more! Please see our ko-fi here The Northumberland Coast Loop is a proposal to use the existing connectingContinue reading “Edinburgh by direct train from Blyth Bebside and Northumberland Park?”
Six Weeks To Go Until The Seven Counties Rambler
Writing this in the late evening of 25th Jan 2025, it’ll be around this time that The Seven Counties Rambler will be returning to Linlithgow after an extensive trip around southern Scotland and Northern England. This circular tour starting and ending at Linlithgow station will take in places like Kilmarnock and Dumfries, before arriving atContinue reading “Six Weeks To Go Until The Seven Counties Rambler”
The Rambler Railtour: Only 50 Days To Go, and Extend Grand Central Trains to Edinburgh via Bedlington?
So in 50 day’s time, the 8th March 2025, The Seven Counties Rambler, operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, a circular tour starting early in the morning, and ending late evening at Linlithgow. On it’s long but scenic route, it will take in Edinburgh, then via Midcalder Junction, Kilmarnock, Dumfries, Carlisle, Ais Gill, Hellifield,Continue reading “The Rambler Railtour: Only 50 Days To Go, and Extend Grand Central Trains to Edinburgh via Bedlington?”
Northumberland Line: 50k Journeys In The First Month and more N.C.L. News!
Northumberland Line: 50,000 journeys already! A recent post from Northumberland County Council (see screenshot below) shows that the Northumberland Line is off to a very strong start, with 50,000 journeys being made in the first month since opening. This has also been published on Rail Advent. This is despite the line opening with just twoContinue reading “Northumberland Line: 50k Journeys In The First Month and more N.C.L. News!”
Northumberland County Council Elections 2025
On 1st May 2025, Northumbrians will go to the polls to select their local county councillors, with a total of 69 across the entire county being selected by residents this year. As candidates are now being announced, it is time to raise the route with candidates for your ward and seek their support for theContinue reading “Northumberland County Council Elections 2025”
The Tweed, Blyth and Tyne Line For Beautiful Northumberland By Rail?
A recent social media post (shown below), from Northumberland County Council is marketing the Northumberland Line as ‘scenic journey through the heart of the county’ with ‘historic stations and breathtaking landscapes’ making it ‘a true gem of the North East’. While the above does certainly hold true; the Northumberland Line is and will be aContinue reading “The Tweed, Blyth and Tyne Line For Beautiful Northumberland By Rail?”
The Rambler Heading Over Rare Track
On 8th March 2025, eight weeks from today, The Seven Counties Rambler, operated by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) is due along the proposed Northumberland Coast Loop route between Newcastle and Edinburgh, travelling via the Northumberland Line as far as Bedlington, before taking the Hepscott Line and Morpeth North Curve to rejoin the EastContinue reading “The Rambler Heading Over Rare Track”
Developing The Northumberland Coast Loop: Better Than Dualling The A1?
Building on this blog post that opposes further dualling of the A1 in Northumberland, could the Northumberland Coast Loop (N.C.L.) be part of the alternative investment? The premise of the N.C.L. is to provide large towns such as Blyth, and areas such as North Tyneside a direct rail link northwards, by using the existing freightContinue reading “Developing The Northumberland Coast Loop: Better Than Dualling The A1?”
The Northumberland Coast Loop 