(21 Aug 2022, 10:56 am)Ambassador wrote It runs at a huge huge loss, hasn’t grown passenger numbers above what Northern had with a better service and caused the frequency elsewhere to drop (hence the need for the new metro flow project)
I shall dig out the FOI figures that were bouncing around last year
Not to mention it's crippled any easy changes on the Durham Coast Line because of it being wired at an awkward electrical rate and it's got all the paths.
Arguably some of the Metro trains running to South Hylton carting around fresh air beyond Park Lane would be better running towards Middlesbrough / Seaham with an additional stops around Hendon, Grangetown or Hendon.
Plus the trains are just the wrong spec, National Rail trains would be much better such as the Wharfdale / Airedale lines in Leeds / Bradford with Class 333's on.