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2024
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In Northern England:
- 15th of March 2024: naming of Thomas Brown Square in North Shields.
- 2nd of May 2024: Kim McGuinness elected as the first Mayor of the newly created North East Mayoral Combined Authority.
- 15th December 2024: reopening of the Northumberland Line rail service between Newcastle Central Station and Ashington Station
- 18th December 2024: first of a new fleet of Metro trains go into service in Tyne & Wear (but most still not yet in service)

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Newsham Station
- Overview Map Street View The new railway station at Newsham, Blyth, was built as part of the Northumberland Line project, restoring passenger rail services between Ashington and Newcastle for the …

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Ashington Station
- Ashington Station (ASL) is located off Station Road in Ashington. The station, on the reopened Northumberland Line, began passenger services on Sunday, 15th December, 2024.

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Northumberland Line
- Integrated fares with the Tyne & Wear Metro were agreed by the Joint Transport Committee on the 19th March 2024 (with interchanges at Central Station, Manors, and Northumberland Park). The …


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Newsham Station
- Overview Map Street View The new railway station at Newsham, Blyth, was built as part of the Northumberland Line project, restoring passenger rail services between Ashington and Newcastle for the …

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Ashington Station
- Ashington Station (ASL) is located off Station Road in Ashington. The station, on the reopened Northumberland Line, began passenger services on Sunday, 15th December, 2024.
