(Yesterday, 9:49 pm)solsburian wrote [ -> ]it is pretty insane that it is in that situation. Nexus could be doing more for Blaydon and Duston tbh, but ever since the Metro creamed off the bulk of the rail network, they seemed to have lost interest in their remaining heavy rail stations.
TBH The whole Tyne Valley line needs a bit of an overhaul, like addressing the speed restrictions around Bensham and increasing the line speed to 75 MPH (and even perhaps 90/100 MPH for any future new trains).
Yeah honestly agreed, personally I always wish it was advertised as part of the 'Metro Network'. You'd boost numbers up instantly if you actually promoted the connection to the Metrocentre with an easy change at Central Station with through tickets and what not.
Same discussion for the Northumberland Line truthfully. You could easily have it something similar to the Underground / Overground in London, Metro / RER in Paris, U Bahn / S Bahn in Germany if you wanted to advertise them differently as they're not far from it anyway.
Instead we have situation where most people probably don't even the links really exist and as a result the trains are dead (Metrocentre shorts). It's not like the Metro is miles away from National Rail nowadays anyway bar the smaller height clearance in the tunnels and different signalling which hopefully they eliminate with the upgrade anyway.
(10 hours ago)Storx wrote [ -> ]Yeah honestly agreed, personally I always wish it was advertised as part of the 'Metro Network'. You'd boost numbers up instantly if you actually promoted the connection to the Metrocentre with an easy change at Central Station with through tickets and what not.
Same discussion for the Northumberland Line truthfully. You could easily have it something similar to the Underground / Overground in London, Metro / RER in Paris, U Bahn / S Bahn in Germany if you wanted to advertise them differently as they're not far from it anyway.
Instead we have situation where most people probably don't even the links really exist and as a result the trains are dead (Metrocentre shorts). It's not like the Metro is miles away from National Rail nowadays anyway bar the smaller height clearance in the tunnels and different signalling which hopefully they eliminate with the upgrade anyway.
The Devolution bill going through Parliament will give the metro Mayors greater control over local rail. It’s not that Nexus neglects local rail- it’s out of their hands. London is well integrated because TfL have absolute control. London also was spared the failed experiment of Bus Deregulation.
(6 hours ago)Economic505 wrote [ -> ]The Devolution bill going through Parliament will give the metro Mayors greater control over local rail. It’s not that Nexus neglects local rail- it’s out of their hands. London is well integrated because TfL have absolute control. London also was spared the failed experiment of Bus Deregulation.
To be fair I'm not sure Nexus actually needs to do anything with the rail itself.
Beyond that West Yorkshire already have integration on rail fares with buses etc, technically we do with Network One aswell and also branding at the stations.
Don't see any reason why the Nexus R symbol with them shown on the Metro map couldn't be done tomorrow? They just choose not to. In fact I'm sure Nexus subsidises the short MetroCentre services on a Sunday aswell - unless it's changed in recent years.
Obviously going further would be nice but don't see why Nexus would need to run the trains to be able to do it.
(2 hours ago)Storx wrote [ -> ]To be fair I'm not sure Nexus actually needs to do anything with the rail itself.
Beyond that West Yorkshire already have integration on rail fares with buses etc, technically we do with Network One aswell and also branding at the stations.
Don't see any reason why the Nexus R symbol with them shown on the Metro map couldn't be done tomorrow? They just choose not to. In fact I'm sure Nexus subsidises the short MetroCentre services on a Sunday aswell - unless it's changed in recent years.
Obviously going further would be nice but don't see why Nexus would need to run the trains to be able to do it.
Saw this on X a while back
https://x.com/lf_p/status/1926524305384370418?s=46&t=tPuGEygnn6BhKgNFiA4yAw