LNER Tyne Valley Line diversions at Hexham & Prudhoe [H] | 03/10/2026

This September/early-October, an annually occurring set of blockades of the East Coast Main Line's northern stretch was in place suspending services between Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley for major engineering work to take place.
Services on the consecutive affected weekends were mostly withdrawn or curtailed at Newcastle for most operators; the only trains travelling north-east away from Newcastle being towards Ashington or Heaton Maintenance Depot.

LNER, however, upheld its services connecting to the Scottish capital and highlands by running one train-per-hour in each direction onto the West Coast Main Line, doubling the journey time between Newcastle and Edinburgh with an additional set-down only stop at Carlisle to benefit passengers travelling to Glasgow. They utilised their bi-mode fleet of Class 800 'Azuma' trains to achieve this, due to the Tyne Valley Line between Newcastle and Carlisle being unelectrified as you can see, despite operating the odd, primarily electric, Class 801 coupled with an 800.

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*Notices:*
1N69 was delayed as a result of earlier trespassers on the line at Sunderland Station, and therefore being positioned behind an all-stop Tyne & Wear Metro service. This did not delay 1S20 as it appeared at Prudhoe early and had delay recovery minutes in place within its timetable.

*Featured:*
- Northern Trains ~ Class 156 'Super Sprinter' / Class 158 'Express Sprinter'
- LNER ~ Class 800 'Azuma' / Class 801 'Azuma'
- Go North-East ~ Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

*Timestamps:*
0:00 158853 l 1J63 Middlesbrough - Carlisle
0:31 800110 l 1S14 London King's Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
0:50 800101 l 1E18 Aberdeen - London King's Cross
1:14 158845 l 2N21 Newcastle - Hexham
1:43 158845 l 2N34 Hexham - Newcastle
2:24 158787 l 1J82 Carlisle - Middlesbrough
3:15 800207 + 80209 l 1E20 Edinburgh Waverley - London King's Cross
3:39 800107 l 1S16 London King's Cross - Aberdeen
3:55 158471 l 1N62 Carlisle - Newcastle
4:44 800204 + 801105 l 1S18 London King’s Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
5:15 158845 l 2N25 Newcastle - Hexham
6:20 800104 l 1E22 Edinburgh Waverley - London King’s Cross
7:26 158471 l 1N23 Newcastle - Carlisle
8:28 158845 l 2A40 Hexham - Newcastle
8:59 158844 l 1J69 Middlesbrough - Carlisle
10:23 800208 + 801112 l 1S20 London King’s Cross - Edinburgh Waverley
11:30 800205 + 801111 l 1E24 Edinburgh Waverley - London King’s Cross
11:57 156469 l 1N25 Newcastle - Carlisle
13:02 (Bonus) 6076 [NK62 FEU] l 10B Tyne View Retail Park - Eldon Square Bus Station