Northumberland Line service from Newcastle to Ashington launched

Northumblerland Line event in Ashington (Photo Northern)

UK: Cheers greeted the arrival of the first Northumberland Line passenger service at Ashington station on December 15, more than 60 years after services to Newcastle were withdrawn in November 1964 and the route became freight-only.

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