(27 Oct 2023, 10:16 pm)markydh wrote That’s almost right. It would be like this; -

Newcastle to Ashington (2 trains per hour)
Newcastle to Morpeth (1 tph)
Newcastle to Hexham (1 tph)
Newcastle to Carlisle (2 tph)
Newcastle to Middlesbrough (3 tp2h)

The same ‘hub system’ for Northern will also be created at Middlesbrough and Darlington with through trains being removed. It’s all about making delays self-contained. This won’t affect Transpennine services to Saltburn.

The other salient point is that Northern are acting as project lead for a national regional stock procurement plan, with the aim of replacing all 15x trains, probably with a mix of bi-mode and battery technology.

Mixed feelings on the splitting of routes, hoping it does help with delays and cancellations, there's been occasions where a Bishop Auckland bound service will be terminated at Darlington for even slight delays so start that trains next Saltburn trip on time from Darlington which I think is down to pathing on platforms 1 & 4? Often get slim to no notice of cancellations in this fashion, on one occasion, we literally found out once the train pulled onto the platform and the guard shouted for us not to board as it was cancelled beyond Darlo.

Supposedly, the Bishop Line will gain an extra service each hour taking it to 2tph over the current 1tph.