Date: 03/03/2022

A £10m care home planned in Ashington will not be allowed to be built - because it will clash with efforts to reopen a railway line.

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Planners reject £10m care home to allow for new station's car park

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A £10m care home planned in Ashington will not be allowed to be built “ because it will clash with efforts to reopen a railway line.

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Looking across the weed-infested former southbound platform towards the northbound at Ashington station on the Blyth & Tyne line in Northumberland, that closed to passengers in 1964 but is still open for freight, on 15th June 2018. Ashington is a major town that should never have lost its rail service and campaigns to reopen have been going on for years. Then, on 23rd January 2021, an announcement was made that £34 million has now been granted towards reopening with a possibility this will take place in 2025. We shall see.
Location: Ashington
Company: Newbiggin Branch (Blyth and Tyne Railway)
15/06/2018 David Bosher

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