(18 Jan 2016, 2:22 pm)mb134 wrote With the Metro hideously unreliable, is there a market for an express between Newcastle and Sunderland?
Offer fares slightly cheaper than the Metro, as I don't think you'll be able to cover it on the roads anywhere near as quickly?
I don't think so.
Go North East had an express service (X3) between Sunderland and Newcastle and there wasn't a great demand for it. After numerous service changes, it was ultimately withdrawn and replaced by the X36, which isn't particularly fast and is now curtailed at Market Street as opposed to Eldon Square.