Bradley Watson, 20, was among those using the station in Blyth on Monday, the first day services called there, as part of a ...

Wearmouth said the platforms were designed to accommodate longer trains and talks were being held with Network Rail and Northern ... opened in December, while Blyth Newsham opened last month.

Rail chiefs say the machines provide a quick ... and offers a safe day out for people with dementia. The station in Blyth begins operating three months after the Northumberland Line resumed ...

The Northumberland Line will see passenger rail brought back to the south east of the county for the first time since the 1960s, connecting Bedlington, Ashington and Blyth with Newcastle.

A19 and Blyth to Ashington rail line. "If I can get cash here and it works for taxpayers then I will get it here, but it has to be on that best benefit to cost ratio", he said. "I want the money ...

Blyth is also set to be connected to the rail network with the reopening of the Northumberland line between Ashington and Newcastle, which was axed in the 1960s as part of the Beeching cuts.

The line closure left the likes of Ashington, with a population of 30,000, and Blyth, with 40,000, as two of the largest towns in England not to be served by rail, and there have been many calls ...