Revised proposals, released in July 2019, were reduced in scope from the plan considered in the 2016 GRIP 2 study and proposed a four-phase project to reduce the initial cost; first phase, at an estimated £90 million, was to introduce an hourly passenger service to serve new or reopened stations at Northumberland Park, Newsham, Bedlington and Ashington and would have included some line-speed upgrades, extension of the double track section further to the south of Newsham, creation of turn-back facilities at Ashington and some level crossing upgrades or closures. Two further stations, at Seaton Delaval and Blyth Bebside (formerly "Blyth Park & Ride"), and additional line-speed improvements were suggested for Phase 2, while Phases 3 would have delivered further line-speed and signalling improvements and phase 4 would have created an additional passing-loop at Seaton Delaval so as to enable the provision of a half-hourly service. Previously proposed stations at Woodhorn and Seghill appear to have been dropped from the scheme. In August 2020, it was reported that the four proposed phases announced in 2019 might be merged into a single phase.