(11 Jun 2022, 6:03 pm)Ex-conductor wrote I don't think this site should be used for political purposes. For the record, the Blyth and Tyne line reopening has been in the planning stage long before the Conservative Party won the Blyth Valley seat in the 2019 election.

Funding was given for the scheme in 2020 and they've made a song and dance about it ever since. Ashington would be the railhead for nearby Cresswell, Lynemouth and Ellington which are part of the Berwick constituency, so there will probably be more trumpet blowing from there...