03 Jun 2017, 12:54 pm
#10
(03 Jun 2017, 12:51 pm)Cock Robin "service 11 will be withdrawn. However, in most cases, customers will still have frequent alternatives such as services 10, 12 and 13."
So much for a certain person saying the 13 was being withdrawn between Middlesbrough and Hemlington!
Maybe re-read what I originally put - that was a rumour that obviously turned out to be false.
Anyway, let's take a view of the Teesside changes:
The usually quiet 58 may be increased in frequency whereas the very busy 12s and 52s are being reduced (and the 52 to improve co-ordination with the 34/34a) seems a backwards step especially as it means increasing the PVR of the 58 although it will mean that the 35 can either interwork with just the 52 or just the 58.
The 34/34a change appears to be one of the few positives - it brings the Middlesbrough-Billingham direct service up to its best frequency I can ever recall it having plus allows the 35 to run a revised route in Billingham which should hopefully improve reliability.
