The return of passenger rail travel to south east Northumberland has been pushed back to 2024.
The Government has confirmed that regular services will return to the much-anticipated Northumberland Line by summer 2024, with an exact date expected closer to the time. In June 2022, it was announced that the 18 miles of track would be carrying passengers by December of this year. The reasons for the delay are yet to be specified.
The Northumberland Line will stop at Ashington, Bedlington, Blyth Bebside, Newsham, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland Park and finally Newcastle Central. The Government say the completed line will slash journey times in half and bring the railway back to towns that have not had services since the time of the Beatles.
