(08 Sep 2013, 7:15 am)fozzovmurton wrote It could done by extending a current Sunderland-Newcastle service on a trial basis, maybe the X3 or X36, extending the 56 would become more of a magical mystery tour than it already is.
Well, the X3/X36 seem to need a bit of a boost as they haven't really been all that successful since they were introduced. Possibly something a bit radical like extending it to Hexham could be worth trying.