(05 Aug 2014, 7:18 pm)AIG20 wrote How fast is the X34 to Newcastle compared to the Metro from South Shields/Chichester?
From South Shields and Chichester, it'll take longer than the Metro. You'll have to change somewhere along the route, probably Horsley Hill or Marsden, to board the X34 from a something like the E1/E2/E6 or 10/11. The X34 doesn't serve Chichester or South Shields.