The Anonymous Widower

North East Coast Named Top UK Rail Walking Route Thanks To Northumberland Line Reopening

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Northumberland Gazette.

This is the sub-heading.

A once-missing link in Northumberland’s rail network has helped unlock a new coastal walking route.

These two introductory paragraphs add more detail.

Railwalks.co.uk, a national group which aims to promote walking from railway stations, has identified the North East coastline as one of the best-served by rail in Britain.

This has only become possible since the reopening of Ashington Station last year. Until July 19, Railwalks.co.uk founder member Steve Melia will be walking 92 miles from Alnmouth to Seaton Carew, following the England Coast Path.

If people are walking the coast, they are going to need support like cafes, pubs and shops.

This OpenRailwayMap shows the Northumberland Line and the coast.

Note.

1. The orange track is the East Coast Main Line with stations at Widdrington, Pegswood and Cramlington, as you come down the map.
2. The blue arrow indicates Ashington, which is the terminus of the Northumberland Line.
3. The yellow track is the Northumberland Line, which passes through Newsham and Seaton Delaval.
4. The green track at the bottom of the map, is the Newcastle Metro to Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and North Shields.
5. To the East of Ashington is Museum Halt, which could be a station on an extension of the railway to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, which I wrote about in Onward To Newbiggin-by-the-Sea For The Northumberland Line?.

How many other places in the UK would benefit from a new or reopened railway for business, leisure and building houses in nice little inaccessible towns and places?

July 10, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Ashington Station, Development, Museum, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Station, Newcastle Metro, Newsham Station, Northumberland Line (Newcastle And Ashington/Blyth), Seaton Delaval Station, Walking