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BBC News
07-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Bedlington and Northumberland Park stations delayed until 2026
Residents have been left frustrated by the latest delays to the opening of two new railway Northumberland Line, between Ashington and Newcastle, opened in December, however, Bedlington and Northumberland Park stations will not welcome passengers until Robinson, Independent councillor for Bedlington West, said the delays were "eroding the public's trust" in such projects. Conservative leader of Northumberland County Council, Glen Sanderson, said the project was "challenging" and the local authority was working to get the remaining stations open as soon as possible. It was initially hoped the 18-mile (29km) line would open with six new stations, but only two, Ashington and Seaton Delaval, were completed when the line reopened to passengers, six decades on from the services in Station opened in reason has been given for the delay by the local authority or rail operator Northern, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. 'Immensely complicated' Robinson, said residents had been "mostly unsurprised" by the news."It is a shame that Bedlington can't be part of this great success that is the Northumberland Line," he said. "We've had that many promises time and time again. At the end of the day you're eroding public trust in all these projects."The worst part is we're waving at trains trundling through Bedlington so many times a day that it cuts the town in half because of the level crossing and we can't get on them."Lets hope it is open in the new year, but I think people in Bedlington will believe it when they see it."Blyth Bebside station is still due to open in to Robinson's comments, Sanderson said: "I would rather under-promise and not delay than the other way round. "We're working as fast as we can."Producing a new railway line is an immensely complicated and challenging project – but we are going to stick with it."I'm sure that, within a matter of months, Bedlington will be open and people will be able to enjoy it." Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
12-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Wellington and Cullompton railway stations approved
The opening of two new railway stations has been given the go-ahead by the government. Stations in Wellington, Somerset, and Cullompton in Devon will be funded by money allocated in the government's spending Chancellor Rachel Reeves did not specifically mention the stations in her speech on Wednesday, the Treasury has confirmed to the Local Democracy Reporting Service that funding would be given to the Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, said he was "absolutely delighted" with the announcement. Wellington lost its station in the Beeching cuts of the mid-1960s.A project to reopen it was among dozens of transport schemes shelved last year because of financial the council and developer West of England Developments (Taunton) Ltd. continued to prepare the site for the station's to the new station, which will be built off Nynehead Road, will be provided via a new development of 200 homes, which secured outline planning permission from Somerset Council last year. The approval of Cullompton's new station, which will be built near the existing M5 services, comes on the back of agreements being signed in March to build a new relief road for the Amos said the combined Wellington and Cullompton stations project had already received £6.15 million to complete the full business case and most of the design is estimated an investment of about £45m will be needed to fully construct and delivery both stations. The government has not yet confirmed how much funding it will be providing for the project in the spending review.A Treasury spokesman said: "The spending review provides funding to support the reopening of stations at Wellington and Cullompton. Further details will be set out shortly."Mr Amos added: "If there is a need to raise further funds that is something we will look at with Somerset Council and Wellington Town Council but we'll have to wait and see the details."
