Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership

18/10/2026

How wonderful that Minerva Centre Hexham had such a positive experience at today's Haltwhistle Market.

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18/10/2026

Check this out if you buy rail tickets from TransPennine Express Trains

Delay Repay is changing from 18 October 🚆

We’re upgrading our Delay Repay system and introducing Payit™ by NatWest as a new way to receive compensation.

Most customers won’t need to take any action, but if you use Delay Repay, there are a few things you need to know.

👉 Find out what’s changing and read our FAQs: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/help/delay-repay-compensation

18/10/2026

It's market day today at Haltwhistle. Come along and support local small businesses and pop into the Water Tower for a brew and a bite to eat

17/10/2026

How best to describe our café? 🤔

Café with a view?
🥰Yes, you can sit and watch the trains arrive and depart.

A great place to meet friends?
🥰 We agree.

It serves freshly made food?
🥰We prepare food to order - bacon or sausage butties, toasties, sandwiches, scones.

It's near a free car park, a bus stop and the railway platforms and a short walk from the town?
🥰Yes, yes, yes and yes

It's dog friendly?
🥰Yes, we love to see dogs calling in for a biscuit.

We'd love to hear why you visit ..

16/10/2026

Is it going to rain at Haltwhistle on Sunday?

The weather forecast says NO, the sun will be shining. That's a great reason to come along to the railway station to the makers market, browse, buy and support local stallholders and charities.

15/10/2026

The opening hours at the Water Tower Café at Haltwhistle railway station will change on Monday, 19 October.

The will still be opening bright and early at 9am so you can still start your day with a tasty bacon or sausage butty and a delicious freshly made coffee or tea. Or perhaps, you prefer a scone or toasted teacake. The choice is yours!

14/10/2026

Sadly, Haltwhistle did not top the vote in the regional group of the . Thank you to everyone who voted.

Good luck to the five stations still in the competition

Visit Haltwhistle
Discover Carlisle
Visit Northumberland
Visit Hadrian's Wall

14/10/2026

Come along to on Sunday, its market day at the railway station. The market starts at 10am

There'll be some new stallholders as well as some of the regulars. There'll be lots of ideas for Christmas gifts or perhaps you will treat yourself.

Stallholders include:
Haltwhistle Honey
Annie's Flower Shed
The General Store at the Mill
Tropic Skincare
Hedgerow Handcrafted
This month's charity stall is the Minerva Centre, Hexham

Please support our local businesses and . Free car parking and the bus stop for the AD122 service close to the station or travel to Haltwhistle by train.

13/10/2026

The sun was shining on us as we filled up the leaflets racks at Carlisle Railway Station with timetables this afternoon.

12/10/2026

The public vote has started for the .

Help us to celebrate how Haltwhistle's railway station helps to connect people. It could having a chat whilst having a brew and a piece of locally made cake in the cafe, The Water Tower Haltwhistle at the station or coming along to an event in the Old Booking Hall or to one of the monthly markets. It's a gateway for visitors to , many of whom arrive by train and then hop on the Go North East AD122bus

at https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/our-services/celebrating-the-railway/world-cup-of-stations.html

Please share and encourage everyone to vote for Haltwhistle.

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