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Major city road closed in both directions after multi-vehicle crash

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A new concrete barrier has been installed on Plessey Viaduct. (Photo by Network Rail)

Repairs to Plessey Viaduct completed

Network Rail work.

Rail passengers urged to check before travelling following dewirement

Drone images show the damage to the viaduct's parapet. (Photo by Network Rail)

Delay-causing repairs to railway viaduct will last until November

Some services are not stopping at Morpeth Railway Station, as well as the stations at Cramlington and Manors.

Rail disruption as repairs are required at Plessey Viaduct

Legendary Flying Scotsman crashes in station - two injured

Rail engineering works are scheduled. Picture: LNER

Rail passengers warned of disruption over four consecutive weekends

The vacant building, built between 1900 and 1910, will now be controversially demolished. (Photo by Google)

Calls for station building to be saved

A CCTV clip has shown the heart-stopping moment a woman has a near miss with a train on a level crossing

Woman just seconds away from being hit by train on level crossing

Engineers have been working on the 170-year-old structure since January 2022.

Major repair work has been completed at Royal Border Bridge

Deputy headteacher Sally Collins and outdoor learning teacher James Groundwater, who leads the train project, with the converted Pacer train.

Special report: How The Dales School's train has transformed learning

Works have been carried out to stabilise a railway embankment.

Digital methodology helps embankment safety project near station
ARQ has received a helping hand to efficiently implement a complex overhead line electrification scheme that formed part of a £13.2million programme by Network Rail to stabilise a railway embankment on the East Coast Main Line near Morpeth Railway Station.

Video shows children playing on railway track as train hurtles past

Rail passengers are being warned of fresh travel disruption on Sunday (Photo: Getty Images)

Network Rail passengers face travel disruption over May Bank Holiday

The Fallodon Station interpretation board.

New interpretation panel to tell the story of Fallodon Station

Services in and out of Paddington have been cancelled or delayed (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

National Rail urge passengers to plan journeys in advance

Network Rail has warned of Easter distruption

Network Rail warns passengers to expect disruption this Easter

Anne-Marie Trevelyan and the Network Rail team at the bridge.

MP scales Royal Border Bridge in Berwick to view repair works

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

When are the train strikes taking place this month?

February train strikes: When are rail workers striking and how will it impact the North East? (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

RMT train strikes suspended following new pay offer

From left, Coun Richard Wearmouth, Coun Glen Sanderson and Blyth Valley MP Ian Levy pictured at an earlier Northumberland Line funding announcement.

Transport Secretary confirms Northumberland Line will reopen next summer

The video shows a man just inches from being hit by the speeding train.

Watch moment pedestrian narrowly misses being hit by speeding train

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Engineers repairing the Royal Border Bridge using a rope access system.

Footpath temporarily closed due to bridge works

Engineers repairing the Royal Border Bridge using a rope access system.

Council set to temporarily close footpath due to Royal Border Bridge works

LNER trains are one of the providers set to be impacted by upgrade works near Durham.

Further travel misery for region’s rail passengers

The rail strikes taking place this week

Rail strikes: Passengers warned travel only if “absolutely necessary”

The waiting shelter at Chathill was badly damaged in Storm Arwen.

Repairs planned at Chathill railway station

A new station is being built at Ashington, as part of the reopened Northumberland Line.

Residents' fury at noisy overnight station work
Residents say they have lost sleep over 'horrific' levels of noise coming from the site of Ashington’s new railway station.

The RMT says it expects the four days of pre-Christmas strikes to have a significant impact on Eurostar services from London St Pancras  (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Eurostar cancel Boxing Day trips to Europe due to RMT strike action

The RMT union is pressing ahead with strikes (Photo: Getty Images)

Train strikes: How to get refunds for tickets affected by RMT strike

Passengers wait to board an Avanti West Coast mainline train at Crewe Station on December 01, 2022 in Crewe, England. The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers union (RMT) said its members will strike on eight days - December 13, 14, 16 and 17, and January 3, 4, 6 and 7 - the latest episode in a dispute over pay and working practices. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Commuters warned of ‘significant disruption’ as rail strikes begin

RMT confirm Christmas strike action on Christmas and Boxing Day

The Royal Border Bridge in Berwick.

More repairs planned for Royal Border Bridge

LNER has issued a Do Not Travel warning to passengers.

LNER trains cancelled due to flooded tracks

UK November train strikes: When are the next RMT strikes and how will industrial action impact Sunderland and the Metro? (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Network Rail November rail strikes - new dates

CCTV footage released by Network Rail capturing some of the reckless behaviour at a popular level crossing.

‘Frightening’ footage shows young boy playing on live UK train tracks

Rail travellers will face disruption next week

Warning to rail travellers as industrial action sees services suspended

Officials at the official opening event for Reston Station. Picture by Phil Wilkinson.

Official Reston Station opening event pays tribute to local community

Northern train at Newcastle

Northern issues ‘Do Not Travel’ notice to rail customers in the North East

Bosses at Tyne and Wear Metro operator Nexus are braced for further financial pain.

Metro bosses facing £4 million energy costs rise

Group in Berwick supporting those on strike this week.

Berwick Railway Station among locations for strike supporters to gather

Jubilee bank holiday weekend 2022: What services is the Tyne and Wear Metro running this weekend?

Metro bosses confirm services will be hit by rail strike

Northern Trains is urging people not to travel later this month

RAIL STRIKE: Northern Rail urges customers NOT to travel in week of RMT action

The footbridge at Cramlington station before and after the refurbishment work.

Timelapse video shows work to replace footbridge at Northumberland station

A LNER Azuma train travelling through the Scottish Borders.

Full steam ahead for opening of new £20m railway station at Reston
The new £20million railway station at Reston in Berwickshire will open next month, the Scottish Government has announced.

Blyth Valley MP Ian Levy and Northumberland County Councillor Barry Flux at Cramlington Station.

Work to improve Cramlington station is completed

The proposed site of a new care home on Kenilworth Road in Ashington, which has also been earmarked as a car park for the new Ashington rail station.

Planners reject £10m care home to allow for new station's car park

Rowan Harris-Jones with Sir Peter Hendy, chairman of Network Rail.

National rail photography success for Northumberland teenager

Storms Dudley and Eunice are affecting travel across LNER trains

Storms Dudley and Eunice: LNER advice to customers as extreme disruption is expe...

Siemens Mobility’s Chippenham factory will manufacture the innovative technology involved in the Northumberland Line.

Contract awarded for company to build infrastructure for Northumberland Line

The Royal Border Bridge in Berwick.

Work starts on major scheme to repair Royal Border Bridge in Berwick

Dame Julie Walters is supporting Samaritans Brew Monday (photo: Stuart C Wilson, Getty Images)

Dame Julie Walters asks nation to help loved ones over a cuppa for Samaritans Br...

Network Rail is to carry out major revamp to Cramlington station footbridge.

Cramlington station footbridge to undergo major revamp

The Royal Border Bridge in Berwick.

Repairs planned on Royal Border Bridge in Berwick

Berwick Railway Station.

MP raises concerns with LNER over proposed cuts at Berwick travel centre

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