Ashington, Blyth and Tyne Railway / Bedlington Railway Station

05/01/2025

http://northumberlandcoastloop.uk/2025/01/05/email-to-ian-lavery-mp-for-blyth-and-ashington-can-you-help/

In the last few days, I have sent an email to Ian Lavery, MP for Blyth and Ashington to ask for his support for the Northumberland Coast Loop proposal of a rail service from Newcastle to Berwick/Ed…

25/12/2024

http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2024/12/north-eastern-railway-coaches-the-beamish-six/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHYjQtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHU3PN9myGW5y54VaFcDvXd5mwydNuYTd9T7IOtcYvWmSa9YqzDbiRLDRFw_aem_7DtDIHKhtGOf8TkZyzuLvA

This post has been some years in the making – very much on the to-do list, but then overtaken by other things. So, finally, here is a post that discusses the NER coaches that have been assoc…

26/07/2024

Seghill Level Crossing - Overnight Closure on Sat 27th July
We've been made aware that Network Rail's maintenance team will have an overnight closure of Seghill level crossing from 10pm on Saturday 27th July until 6am on Sunday 28th July.
Local diversions for road traffic will be signposted

Visit Northumberland

26/04/2024

Another lovely April night, another level crossing on the line! Marchey's House 26.4.24

25/04/2024

A few photos of North Seaton Level Crossing on a sunny 25th April 2024.

30/01/2024

https://northumberlandcoastloop.uk/2024/01/29/the-northumberland-coast-loop-through-south-east-northumberland-and-north-tyneside/?fbclid=IwAR17mlWas47agDI6_Jlzj5JSqsTHWSQBiGLLcemGsAWZj5EIf1ubwIBRiaM

Modified Northumberland Line Map from Wikipedia The map above shows the route of the proposed Northumberland Coast Loop through South East Northumberland, which shares a common route with the North…

11/01/2024

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bedlington-bebside-railway-stations-could-28425508.amp

Bedlington and Blyth Bebside could open much later than the rest of the stations

27/12/2023

20/12/2023

Northumberland Estates bought the building five years ago and has submitted plans for its restoration

12/12/2023

Northumberland County Council has said trains will be running by the end of 2024, but declined to set a more specific date. | ITV News Tyne Tees

12/12/2023

An explainer of why the wouldn't stop at or , but the solution could lie at .

To answer a common question about the :

'Why do trains not call at or ?'

The route of the Northumberland Coast Loop (in dotted orange) shows that the route would bypass both Ashington and Morpeth, with Ashington clearly being well away from the route on the other branch from Bedlington, with the Loop route going via Choppington and Hepscott.

Morpeth is a little less clear due to how closs by the route passes, but it actually uses a section of track called the Morpeth North Curve, which runs to the east of Coopies Lane industrial estate (behind Bristol Street Motors/Coca Cola plant), the line into Morpeth station itself is the one between Booker Wholesale and the housing estates as Stobhill.

Serving Morpeth and Ashington unfortunately can't happen directly simply due to their respective locations (the route can't take in Cramlington Station for the same reasons for example) BUT offers a great opportunity by being between these two towns, well connected by footpaths, cyclepaths and the 35 bus and a good opportunity to upgrade to ' ' by the simple addition of a car park for the station, which could potentially be located on land west of Pegswood Fire Station, using the A197 as a strong link yet again to Morpeth and Ashington, but also wider Northumberland via strategic location as the A197 links the A697, A1, A1068 and A189 together.

The Northumberland Coast Loop proposal hinges around the use of existing, open lines; the 'Butterwell Route' which seeks to link Ashington to Widdrington would require reopening the long disused line north of Ashington and a totally new section of line between Linton Colliery and the mainline.

Using the existing route via Bedlington and Pegswood has the advantsge of track already being in place, and reducing the need to lay new lines to bring services to 5 of the 6 Northumberland Line stations as planned to open in 2024, the loop wouldn't require any stations beyond this to make it work, and possibly only minor upgrades to the Pegswood-Bedlington route.