(10 May 2024, 4:02 pm)markydh wrote The Sunderland late evening service terminates at Newcastle on a semi-regular basis ever since Covid and the subsequent industrial relations breakdown. It’s not what you would call reliable and getting rid of a service that only exists for political reasons is the smart move. What I will say is it’s currently the final heavy rail service of the day between Newcastle and Sunderland so it’ll likely have to be replaced by a Northern train to maintain the connection.

There is a Northern service which departs just 12 mins earlier ar 2248 and continues from Sunderland to Hartlepool, so maybe just redirext customers to that one, or they may delay departure of it.