LATEST NEWS
Northumberland Line Now Open: Passenger rail service between Newcastle and Ashington commenced on 15th December 2024 with Seaton Delaval as an intermediate stop. Newsham station opened later on 17th March 2025. Alternate weekday trains also call at Manors. Bedlington, Bebside, and the Metro interchange station at Northumberland Park are all still under construction and will be opened at later stages. The line opens 19 years after the SENRUG campaign first began in March 2005. For the full timeline from the launch of the campaign in March 2005 to the present day see here. Additionally. we recommend Riku Fryderyk’s impressive 10 minute video of the opening, which you can view on her youtube channel here (you might need to skip through some adverts before the video starts).
With the Northumberland Line now open, partially at least, SENRUG has fully updated it’s Campaigns page, to reflect our current priorities. See details of our main 15 campaigns here.
Northumberland Line weekend Closures June 2025: There will be 3 weekend closures in June to help facilitate the construction of Bedlington Railway Station. The dates are: Friday 6th June to Monday 9th June (inclusive), Saturday 21st June, Sunday 22nd June, Saturday 28th June & Sunday 29th June. On these dates there will be an hourly train service between Newcastle and Newsham and a bus replacement service between Newsham and Ashington.
