Under-construction passenger rail route in NE England
Northumberland Line
A freight train crossing North Seaton Viaduct (the Black Bridge) over the River Wansbeck between Bedlington and Ashington
Overview
Status
Under construction
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
Termini
North: Ashington
South: Newcastle
Stations
2 (existing)
6 (planned)
Website
https://www.northumberlandline.uk/
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Northern Trains
History
Opened
2024-2025 (planned)
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
(Click to expand)
The Northumberland Line is a railway project under construction in North East England; it is aimed at reintroducing passenger rail services to freight-only lines in South East Northumberland. Under the scheme, a new passenger service will link some of Northumberland's major population centres in Ashington and Blyth to the nearby city of Newcastle upon Tyne.[1] Construction of new stations and works to upgrade the existing rail infrastructure to bring it up to passenger-carrying standards was reported as having begun by late August 2022,[2] ahead of the anticipated launch of the new passenger service in December 2023.[3] This was later pushed back to the summer of 2024, when three of the new stations will be opened.[4] The rest of the stations will open in late 2024.[5]
The new passenger service will run on lines which formerly constituted part of the Blyth and Tyne Railway system, a once-extensive railway network that historically covered much of South East Northumberland. Most of the lines being utilised as part of this project have been without passenger services since 1964, when they were withdrawn as part of the Beeching cuts.[6]
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^"Sharnford Close Work". Northumberland Line. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^Holland, Daniel (29 June 2022). "Six new railway stations and half-hourly trains: What you need to know about the Northumberland Line - Chronicle Live". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^markellis32 (17 January 2024). "Passenger Services Confirmed for Summer 2024". Northumberland Line. Retrieved 18 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Northumberland line's re-opening faces delay". BBC. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^"Ashington Targets 2023 Opening". Modern Railways. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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