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Fully accessible stations are being built to give 6 Northumberland communities regular train services.
(Permalink) Ashington Bedlington Blyth Bebside Newcastle Central Newsham Northumberland Line Northumberland Park Seaton Delaval  Ashington: Weed-infested platform remains, minus all buildings, at Ashington station, Northumberland, closed with the line in 1964, looking south towards Newcastle, on 15th June 2018. A news report on 23rd Janua ...  Newsham South Level Crossing: Newsham South level crossing and signal box on the Blyth & Tyne, looking west towards Cramlington on 19 July 2011. Newsham station, which stood less than half a mile to the north, lost its passenger s ...  Bedlington: Looking across Station Road level crossing to Bedlington Station on 25 May 2004, looking north east from alongside Bedlington South signal box. |
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A level crossing over part of the Northumberland Line looks set to close.
(Permalink) Ashington Level Crossing |
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A £10m care home planned in Ashington will not be allowed to be built - because it will clash with efforts to reopen a railway line.
(Permalink) Ashington Northumberland Line  Ashington: Looking across the weed-infested former southbound platform towards the northbound at Ashington station on the Blyth & Tyne line in Northumberland, that closed to passengers in 1964 but is still open ... |
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Re-opening the Newcastle to Ashington rail line should be the North East's key infrastructure objective in 2022, a planning expert has said.
(Permalink) Ashington Northumberland Line  Ashington: Remains of Ashington station, on the Blyth & Tyne Line that closed to passengers in 1964, looking north on 15th June 2018. Campaigns to reopen the line culminated in an announcement on 23rd January 20 ... Ashington: Looking across the weed-infested former southbound platform towards the northbound at Ashington station on the Blyth & Tyne line in Northumberland, that closed to passengers in 1964 but is still open ... Ashington: Weed-infested platform remains, minus all buildings, at Ashington station, Northumberland, closed with the line in 1964, looking south towards Newcastle, on 15th June 2018. A news report on 23rd Janua ... |
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The Duke of Northumberland has insisted he 'strongly refutes' claims he threatened to derail the planned Northumberland Line rail project after demanding £600,000 to allow trains to continue operating on his land.
(Permalink) Ashington Blyth Newcastle Northumberland Line  Bedlington: The old station at Bedlington looking north from Bedlington South level crossing in September 2014. See image [[48832]] Ashington: Weed-infested platform remains, minus all buildings, at Ashington station, Northumberland, closed with the line in 1964, looking south towards Newcastle, on 15th June 2018. A news report on 23rd Janua ...  Ashington Colliery: 37250 pulls away from Ashington colliery with a coal train on 1 July 1982. This scene has long gone, although the class 37 has been preserved. |
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A major North East land owner and leisure operator has accused Northumberland County Council of a 'fluffy' economic case for the Northumberland Line rail project.
(Permalink) Ashington Car Park Northumberland Line Ashington: Weed-infested platform remains, minus all buildings, at Ashington station, Northumberland, closed with the line in 1964, looking south towards Newcastle, on 15th June 2018. A news report on 23rd Janua ... |
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The second new station for the Northumberland Line has been given the go-ahead “ less than a week since the first.North Tyneside Council have granted planning permission for a station at Northumberland Park “ which will be built alongside the current Metro station near Backworth.It follows the announcement that Ashington Station became the first of the new stations to get the green light.
Northumberland County Council Leader, Cllr Glen Sanderson, said: 'The scheme is really picking up pace and we're delighted the second station has now been approved.' (Permalink) Ashington Northumberland Park |
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Safety fears have been raised over plans for a new underpass in Ashington as part of work for the Northumberland Line.
(Permalink) Ashington Blyth and Tyne Railway Hospital Level Crossing Level Crossing Northumberland Line Underpass |
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The six stations on the planned new Northumbrland Line have been confirmed by the Department for Transport.
(Permalink) Ashington Bebside Bedlington Blyth Delaval Newsham Northumberland Line Seaton |
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The planned re-opening of the Northumberland Line between Newcastle and Ashington has moved a step forward, after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced £34m in funding to progress the scheme. The announcement by the Department for Transport gives the go-ahead to reintroduce a regular rail passenger service between Ashington and central Newcastle, with several stops in between, by 2024. The money will pay for preparatory work, including land acquisition, detailed design work and early site works.
The project will upgrade 18 miles of track, open six new stations, three new footbridges and new signal locations. The whole scheme is projected to deliver economic benefits of up to £470m. (Permalink) Ashington Newcastle Northumberland Line |
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The government has announced £794m of funding for the projects to develop an Oxford - Cambridge railway corridor and reintroduce passenger services between Newcastle and Ashington.
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A number of changes to the proposed £162million Northumberland Line have resulted in a fresh report being lodged as part of the planning process. Also known as the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne Line, the project seeks to restore passenger services in the south-east of the county, connecting to Newcastle Central. The target is for trains to start running in early 2023. The stations would be at Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham, Seaton Delaval and the existing Metro station at Northumberland Park, which will require new rail platforms and pedestrian access.
(Permalink) Ashington Bedlington Blyth Bebside Blyth and Tyne Railway Newsham Seaton Delaval  Monkseaton: Push-pull fitted G5 0-4-4-T no 67261 of Blyth North (52F) stands at Monkseaton station around 1958 with a train off the Blyth and Tyne 'Avenue' branch. Monkseaton provided a connection for trains from ...  Winning Junction: One of the ubiquitous J27s that plied the Blyth and Tyne in the 1960s, North Blyth shed's no 65811, seen here hauling coal empties between Freeman's crossing and Winning Junction. The chimneys and lig ...  Winning Junction: J27 0-6-0 no 65845 with coal empties at Winning Junction, thought to be in the early 1960s. The train has just traversed the level crossing over the road linking East and West Sleekburn and is turning ... |
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