It faced Turner Street and had a single island platform projecting from the rear which was half covered by a glazed apex canopy.

[12] Later, in 2009, the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £34 million proposal to restore passenger services from Newcastle to Ashington, serving Blyth in this way.

[14] In the early 2010s, Northumberland County Council (NCC) became interested in the reintroduction of passenger services onto remaining freight-only sections of the former Blyth and Tyne Railway network.

[16] The GRIP 2 study, which NCC received in October 2016, confirmed that the reintroduction of a frequent seven-day a week passenger service between Newcastle and Ashington was feasible and could provide economic benefits of £70 million with more than 380,000 people using the line each year by 2034.

[19] Despite a change in the political leadership of Northumberland County Council following the 2017 local elections[20] the authority continued to work towards the reintroduction of a passenger service onto the line,[21] encouraged by the Department for Transport's November 2017 report, A Strategic Vision for Rail, which named the line as a possible candidate for a future reintroduction of passenger services.

[19] The county council has, however, continued to develop the project, announcing an additional £3.46 million in funding for a further business case and detailed design study[24] (equivalent to GRIP 3)[19] to be completed by the end of 2019.

Indeed, under the £90 million Phase 1,[24] Newsham would be the only station reopened to serve Blyth on the Newcastle to Ashington Northumberland Line passenger service;[25] possibly occurring as early as 2022.