(20 Nov 2023, 12:33 pm)Storx wrote Me being lazy with Morpeth.

See I think it's really hard to compare Morpeth and Ashington as Morpeth station is no-where near the centre so isn't really an option to travel there unless you like a long run and is a place people want to go compared to Ashington which is on the high street but not a place many people want to go. Not to mention the Morpeth services are literally non-stop and the train service is less frequent and CLS is currently every 2 hours, and also completely non-stop.

The X22 will still be fine imo as most the route isn't impacted, it's the X21 I have more doubts about, at 3 BPH, in particular. If there's a 15% movement across, it's pretty likely most of it is going to be the X21 passengers. 

There's not really any stations in the North East to really compare against, it could go either way really where everyone moves to the train or where no-one at all moves the train. Just have to wait and see but I'm on the side of that a lot of people will move across personally as long as the ticketing is part of the TNE tickets or competitive.

I’m hoping the the new railway will attract more passengers to public transport, including a lot of car users who hopefully will use the new station car parks. Will passengers give up the bus for a longer walk to the station, I’m not sure? Where do they want to be in Newcastle as most people from the north of Newcastle are used to getting dropped in the Haymarket/Barras Bridge area not the Central Stn? Yes they can change to Metro at Northumberland Park with a walk and up and down stairs plus a wait of up to 12 minutes if they just miss a connection - even worse going north connecting into a half hourly service. I really hope it all works, we’ll just have to wait and see, bearing in mind the amount the railway is costing.