(09 Dec 2015, 7:57 am)Adrian wrote Next Northern Franchise Owner Announced
http://www.northernrail.org/news/7807
Hope that the service to/from Bishop Auckland is still going hourly, if it does I may look more favourably on using the train for when I head to Middlesbrough as since the recent X66/X67 changes it is a bit of a faff on getting there now.