Saturday 18th April 2026 It's been pretty busy on the new station opening front these last few weeks including the final two stations on the Northumberland line (Northumberland Park on 22nd February and Bedlington on 29th March), two reopened stations on the Wolverhampton to Tame Bridge Parkway and Birmingham New Street tracks (Willenhall and Darlaston... Continue Reading →
Saturday 14th February 2026 Britain’s next new railway station, Northumberland Park, is opening next Sunday (22nd) on the recently restored Northumberland line but it was only at the end of last month I got round to visiting last year’s two newbies on the line, Blyth Bebside and Newsham. They opened in March and October 2025... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 17th December 2024 Over the last ten years we’ve welcomed Tweedbank in 2015, Okehampton in 2021, then Levenmouth earlier this year and now this week, after a 60 year break, passenger trains are running again on the 18 mile Northumberland line between Ashington and Newcastle and all the signs are it’ll be another successful... Continue Reading →
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