(27 Dec 2019, 12:07 pm)Andreos1 wrote Maybe there needs to be some sort of flexibility and annual revision of which area has a focus of attention. 
Apart from shopping, the matches will play a big part in the numbers of bums on seats. 
Newcastle were away yesterday, so those travelling from deepest darkest ANE territory would have been doing other things.
Not sure Sunderland (and the position they're in) would have had much impact on services in East Durham either way
Going back a few years, then I do think things would have been different on that corridor. 

One thing that really bugs me, is that operators trot out the 'not enough demand' patter, when there's not much in the way of scientific analysis of checking out the demand.
Surely it's more of a gut feeling or guess-work. We all know how accurate that can be!