Transport and Road Links
Until the Beeching Axe of the 1960s, Ashington was on the British Rail passenger network, with passenger trains to Newbiggin and Newcastle. The railway is used now by goods trains, but there have been calls for the railway station to re-open. The nearest mainline railway station is Pegswood on the East Coast Main Line, about 3 miles from the town centre. Local services from here go to Newcastle, Cramlington, Morpeth, Alnmouth.
At the east end of the main shopping street is the bus and coach station, with local buses around Northumberland and to Newcastle. National Express services also arrive and depart from the station.
Ashington is well served by roads. The A189 (Spine Road) to the east of Ashington runs south via Blyth and North Tyneside to Newcastle and the A19 Tyne Tunnel to South Tyneside and the A1(M). The A189 also runs north along the coast to Alnwick and Berwick. The A196 runs west towards Morpeth and the A1 which goes north to Scotland and Edinburgh or south to the A1(M) near Newcastle on towards Durham and Yorkshire.
The nearest airport is Newcastle Airport which provides scheduled domestic flights, flights covering many major cities in Europe and also holiday charter flights. There is a ferry port in Newcastle with services to Rotterdam and Norway.
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