County Durham volunteers to take part in annual community clean up
A dedicated ‘army’ of volunteers is gearing up to return along the Weardale Railway this spring, for the line’s annual community clean-up. Last …
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Four weekends of disruption on the East Coast Main Line starts this Saturday
For the next four weekends, services between York and Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line will be disrupted because of major engineering work.
Weardale Railway welcomes the legendary NER petrol-electric railcar
This winter, Weardale Railway will bring a piece of railway history to Stanhope with the return of the iconic North Eastern Railway (NER) Petrol-Elect…
Faster train services for Yorkshire and North East as new plans announced
Major new Northern Powerhouse Rail plans have been launched, which should boost services across Yorkshire and the North East.
Rail operator gives cancer care charity a new year boost
Open access train operator Lumo has made Daft As A Brush Cancer Patient Care its official charity partner.
Where to see steam locomotive 34067 Tangmere as it heads for Scotland this Saturday
34067 Tangmere will haul The Edinburgh Christmas Market train this Saturday (20th December 2025). The train departs from York at 06:56 with a diesel locomotive…
Timings released as Flying Scotsman set to visit Newcastle tomorrow
60103 Flying Scotsman is to visit Newcastle tomorrow (14th December) as it hauls a UK Railtours trip.
Steam locomotive 60532 Blue Peter to pass through Newcastle this Thursday
60532 Blue Peter is to visit Newcastle this Thursday (27th November) as it hauls a Steam Dreams Charter to Edinburgh. The tour starts at London…
Services across Durham to be affected by signal testing
This weekend, journeys between Newcastle and York will be affected while Darlington's new signalling system is brought into use.
Train services to be disrupted as new signalling system commissioned at Darlington
Darlington has a new, improved signalling system - but Network Rail is warning passengers that journeys between York and Newcastle will face disruptio…