With the fourth station on the line at Blyth Bebside due to open tomorrow (19th October 2025), and already around 700,000 passengers having travelled on the Northumberland Line since it opened less than a year ago (15th December 2024), there have been many of the two carriage trains becoming overwhelmed by the volume of passengersContinue reading “Extra carriages on some Northumberland Line trains from October 2025, but N.C.L. option still open?”
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Northumberland Line: 700,000 passengers passed!
In a Facebook post today (16.10.25) from Northumberland County Council, council leader Glen Sanderson stood at Blyth Bebside, the next station due to open on the Northumberland Line, which will mark four of the six stations new completed and opened to passengers, showcasing what the completed station will look like ahead of opening. In theContinue reading “Northumberland Line: 700,000 passengers passed!”
The Northumberland Line passes 650,000 journeys!
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 onContinue reading “The Northumberland Line passes 650,000 journeys!”
McGuinness, Lavery, and Foody push for earlier opening of last Northumberland Line Stations, and the N.C.L. fix for full Northern trains.
North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, alongside MP’s Ian Lavery, and Emma Foody, have published on Facebook an open letter yesterday to Ellie Burrows, Regional Managing Director, Eastern of Network Rail to request the earliest possible opening of the last two stations under construction on the Northumberland Line scheme, those at Bedlington, and Northumberland Park, withContinue reading “McGuinness, Lavery, and Foody push for earlier opening of last Northumberland Line Stations, and the N.C.L. fix for full Northern trains.”
N.C.L. Petition Update 20.9.25
The petition for a new rail service between Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Edinburgh, via Blyth Bebside, and Northumberland Park continues to grow, and now stands at 944 signatures as of this morning (20.9.25), leaving only 56 signatures to go until the thousand mark is reached! I would like to give big thank you to allContinue reading “N.C.L. Petition Update 20.9.25”
Blyth Bebside Station Opening Soon, and a Sunday Scottish Service?
On Sunday 19th October 2025, the fourth Northumberland Line station, Blyth Bebside, is due to open to passengers, which is great news for the line, which despite only having three of the six stations open at present (Ashington, Newsham, and Seaton Delaval), has carried over 500,000 passengers since the line opened in December 2024. TheContinue reading “Blyth Bebside Station Opening Soon, and a Sunday Scottish Service?”
CRAG campaign calls for better coastal connectivity via Chathill, and thoughts on wider Northumberland Coast Rail Services
On Thursday 4th September 2025, David Smith, MP for North Northumberland, Deputy Mayor Cllr Martin Gannon, and local County Councillor Guy Renner-Thompson attended a meeting organised by the Chathill Rail Action Group (CRAG) at Chathill Station to discuss the improvement of rail services to and from this underserved station on the North Northumberland Coast. AsContinue reading “CRAG campaign calls for better coastal connectivity via Chathill, and thoughts on wider Northumberland Coast Rail Services”
The Borders Railway is nearly 10!
On Saturday 6th September 2025, the Borders Railway will celebrate a decade of operating from Tweedbank to Edinburgh, with the line opening to passengers on 6th September 2015, and official opening by the late Queen Elizabeth II a few days later on 9th September that year. Well done to all involved in that campaign toContinue reading “The Borders Railway is nearly 10!”
Northumberland Coast Loop: end of August 25 Update
Today, Sunday 31st August 2025 marks the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn, but with some significant progress being made on our campaign for the Northumberland Coast Loop, a new rail service between Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland via Blyth, Northumberland. Petition Progress Continues The current petition for a semi-fast service between NewcastleContinue reading “Northumberland Coast Loop: end of August 25 Update”
Railtour in Retrospect: 1Z84 Dunbarton to Newcastle 25.8.25
‘The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Waverley Weekender‘, a railtour organised by UK Railtours, and operated by the West Coast Railway Company had a section the return leg of the trip from Dunbarton, Scotland to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England due to travel over the proposed Northumberland Coast Loop route today (Monday 25th August 2025). The original plan…Continue reading “Railtour in Retrospect: 1Z84 Dunbarton to Newcastle 25.8.25”
The Northumberland Coast Loop 