August Bank Holiday brings Northumberland Line restoration closer
Work to bring the freight only Northumberland Line back into mixed use has moved ahead during the late summer public holiday. UK infrastructure agency Network Rail has been working to upgrade the neglected line to...Read more
Gigaplant means yet more traffic for North Blyth
You wait fifty years for good news on the local railway, and then two announcements come at once. Hard on the tail lights of the go-ahead for would-be passengers on the South Northumberland line comes...Read more
England’s freight-only Ashington line to open for passengers
Significant progress has been made in the campaign to upgrade the freight-only Ashington branch, north of Newcastle in the north-east of England, and turn it into a mixed traffic route serving several communities in Northumberland....Read more
UK considers reopening Leamside Line after 29 years
A mothballed North East England line, adding freight capacity to the East Coast Main Line, is under scrutiny for reopening. The Leamside Line, running from Gateshead just south of Newcastle, to Tursdale, just south of...Read more