The Northumberland Line – bringing rail services back between the South East of the county and central Newcastle – will be open from Summer 2024.
With a journey time between Ashington and central Newcastle of around 35 minutes, the line will improve ac…
The Northumberland Line, bringing passenger services back between the South East of the county and central Newcastle, will be open from Summer 2024.
With a journey time between Ashington and central Newcastle of around 35 minutes, the line will improve…
Northumberland County Council[1] has confirmed its landmark project to bring passenger rail back to South East Northumberland[2] remains on track to open next summer.
It comes as the project hit the latest in a serious of major milestones with the inst…
Railfuture East Anglia has stepped up its campaign calling for the reopening of the railway line between Haverhill and Cambridge.
The volunteer-run rail user group says the move could link the city’s forthcoming Cambridge South station on the Biomedica…
The government has promised, for the umpteenth time in four decades, to dual the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham – this time from part of the £36bn savings from scrapping high-speed rail (HS2) between Birmingham and Manchester.
It has also said it wil…
Last minute lobbying by the industry led by West Midlands mayor Andy Street fell on deaf ears today as the prime minister officially pulled the plug on the rest of HS2.
The stretch from London to Brimingham will continue with Rishi Sunak pledging that …
In the background sits the steam shed and on the opposite side of the tracks are the chimneys of terraced housing typical of West Yorkshire’s mill towns.
It’s a sunny spring day in 1959 and the engine, Jubilee number 45564 New South Wales, is providing…
The latest round of rail strikes could affect Newcastle United fans making one of the longest away trips of the season.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) said 20,000 of its members in 14 train operators would walk out on Saturday August 26 a…
A drink-driver’s car twice began to roll after he forgot to put the handbrake on when he was pulled over by police.
Uber Eats deliver driver, Cristi Ion, was travelling in his BMW through Newcastle[1]’s West End when he was spotted by officers clipping…
A care coordinator at a residential home was lost her licence after failing to provide a breath specimen for police.
Karen Drew, who was in charge of driving a minibus to take residents of a care home to activities, was spotted by officers behind the w…
A van driver is facing jail after deliberately ramming into an oncoming car while taking police on a dangerous high-speed chase.
Shane Paolozzi had no insurance or licence when he got behind the wheel of a Transit Tipper and put his foot down when he s…
It’s a gloomy and grey day as the first passenger train on the much-anticipated Northumberland Line pulls out of Newcastle Central Station.
As of summer 2024 this is the route that many commuters who live in South East Northumberland will have on their…
A hapless drink-driver ploughed into a parked car directly in front of police officers before trying to flee on foot.
David Lawrie was on bail for a separate matter and was three times over the limit when he got behind the wheel of a Nissan Qashqai to …
Major track works on part of the Northumberland Line have been carried out.
Engineers have been replacing part of the track in Ashington[1], with a fresh set of points installed so trains can access the station platform. The team has been working in th…