Here is a summary of coming major engineering work & how it effects Coast line train travel

Saturdays 9^th & 23^rd March & Sundays 24^th Feb, 10^th & 24^th March

Line blocked between Norton South Junction & Northallerton for signalling work.

Grand Central trains run from Sunderland via Newcastle & ECML. Buses run from Hartlepool  via Eaglescliffe to Northallerton departing Hartlepool approx 30 minutes before the normal train  time

Northern services replaced by buses between Hartlepool, Middlesbrough & Darlington.

Saturdays from 23^rd Feb to 23^rd March. All lines closed north of Thirsk from 2000.

The 1927 GC departure from KX terminates at York

An additional train departs York 1925 for Sunderland (but is also subject to the alterations  above on 9^th& 23^rd March!). This is the last northbound train from York

Sundays from 17^th Feb to 24^th March

Grand Central trains diverted south of Peterborough. Revised departure times from KX with  the last train running approx 90 minutes later than normal

On 6th FebruaryLord Lieutenant Mrs. Sue Snowdon unveiled two Transport Trust red wheel plaques on Hartlepool station.

These commemorate two historic events as follows.

West Hartlepool railway station is the only railway station in Britain to have suffered a direct hit from naval shell attack during wartime. This occurred on 16^th December 1914 during the Bombardment of the Hartlepools by battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy.. During a frantic 40 minutes, more than 1,250 high explosive shells rained down on the Hartlepools killing at least 114 civilians, 9 soldiers and 7 sailors, and wounding over 500 people. More than 100 years later, the shell damage caused to the station that day is still visible.

Two Autocars, numbered 3170 and 3171, were constructed by the North Eastern Railway in York and, after testing, were respectively sent to West Hartlepool and Scarborough for trials on passenger routes. Arriving in the spring of 1904, the first Autocar, No. 3170, ran between West Hartlepool and Hartlepool railway stations. It was the world’s first rail vehicle powered by an on-board internal combustion engine and could be said to be the forerunner of all modern diesel railcars,

To accompany these there are two interpretation boards  next to the Tile Map designed by the Friends of Hartlepool Station and Hartlepool Museums.

The Government is currently conducting a review of the railways, led by former British Airways chief Keith Williams. The Review is of course a chance to rethink how the railways operate on a day-to-day basis – things like ticketing, fares, overcrowding, and onboard facilities – but it will also look at more fundamental issues as well, such as how the railway is structured and the role it plays as a modern transport network supporting communities and the economy. You can have your say by completing this Campaign for Better Transport survey