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Northumberland Line, Quiet Stations On ECML and N.C.L. Fix For The Future?

23.11.24 Northumberland Line Opening Date At time of writing, the Northumberland Line is due to partially open at some point in December 2024. There has not been an officially announced date as of yet, with announcement from Northumberland County Council saying this will come in the next few days, whilst Northern has updated their websiteContinue reading “Northumberland Line, Quiet Stations On ECML and N.C.L. Fix For The Future?”

Implement the Northumberland Coast Loop to help achieve Northumberland’s Carbon Neutral by 2030 target?

The Northumberland Climate Change November Update email dropped into my inbox yesterday (8th November 2024), The big green button takes you to the NCC Climate Change page, where you can view the above document. For rail, little is mentioned beyond the Northumberland Line scheme, but it is interesting to note that approximately 50% of theContinue reading “Implement the Northumberland Coast Loop to help achieve Northumberland’s Carbon Neutral by 2030 target?”

Transport Action Network calls for cancellation of the £15bn RIS2 Road Building Programme that includes the A1 in Northumberland.

This recent article in the New Civil Engineer cites a campaign by Transport Action Network for the cancellation of the RIS2 road-building programme, which would include the dualling of the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham. In the document, the revised benefit/cost ratio (BCR) for the A1 scheme comes back at just 0.8, meaning for eachContinue reading “Transport Action Network calls for cancellation of the £15bn RIS2 Road Building Programme that includes the A1 in Northumberland.”

Extremely disappointing to see dualling of the A1 on the agenda again in Northumberland – but we propose an alternative!

A recent article in the Northumberland Gazette announced the welcome idea of new Tyne ferry services but also suggests that once again, the dualling of the A1 to the Scottish Border is proposed. Dualling the A1 to the Scottish Border was previously put forward in a failed petition back in 2011/12 which only gained 624Continue reading “Extremely disappointing to see dualling of the A1 on the agenda again in Northumberland – but we propose an alternative!”

Northumberland Coast Loop YouTube Channel

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”

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’”

Top 10 Nations viewing the Northumberland Coast Loop website

A little side interest as the campaign for the Northumberland Coast Loop continues is the website statistics, provided by WordPress, which can show a breakdown by nation. Unsurprisingly as a UK campaign this shows at the top, with the vast majority of all visits, but the following nine nations were a little more unexpected! InContinue reading “Top 10 Nations viewing the Northumberland Coast Loop website”

Cab Ride along the Northumberland Coast Loop (‘UP’ Line (Southbound))

This view below from YouTube (AWL 57) is an older cab-ride video (c.2018) from Morpeth North Junction to Benton Junction. Northumberland Coast Loop – Morpeth North Junction to Benton Junction c.2018) Starting at Morpeth North Junction (just south of Bothal Viaduct on the East Coast Mainline) the train is taking the direct route as ifContinue reading “Cab Ride along the Northumberland Coast Loop (‘UP’ Line (Southbound))”