(04 May 2020, 9:53 am)tyresmoke wrote Out of interest where did you see this? I've looked through the track access applications on ORR site and can't see anything?

(04 May 2020, 10:36 am)markydh wrote https://www.networkrail.co.uk/industry-and-commercial/information-for-operators/sale-of-access-rights

You can access the consultation documents on this page. Not easy on a phone, as they are embedded in the website and not available for download.

(04 May 2020, 11:33 am)Michael wrote I'm not that good with trains, or the certain lines, Will Sunderland see a reduction in service or an increase?

(04 May 2020, 12:29 pm)tyresmoke wrote Proposed increase from one to two an hour each direction. Seems to suggest one will still work across Newcastle as a Middlesbrough to Carlisle - most likely this will be skip stop up the coast so may well only call Middlesbrough, Thornaby, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle onwards to Carlisle as the existing express?

(04 May 2020, 11:27 am)tyresmoke wrote Thanks! I'd forgotten all about the Network Rail site with Access Rights on too. Agreed their system is terrible.
I've attached the file if anyone wants to have a look at it but you've got to know how to read it and how the tables work.
Seems to be just chopping up the longer distance services into smaller manageable parts - I wonder if it is perhaps an experiment to see how it works before spreading it across the rest of the network. Splitting the Hexham-Nunthorpe into three parts is an interesting move, becoming Hexham-Newcastle, Newcastle-Middlesbrough and a Middlesbrough-Nunthorpe shuttle - perhaps paving the way for the frequency increase when (if) the new Park & Ride opens at Nunthorpe.
Good to see them asking for rights for a 2nd hourly Middlesbrough-Newcastle via the Coast but I can't see anything suggesting a new ECML service?

(04 May 2020, 2:33 pm)pbjd wrote The timetable changes this month see Horden (HRE) served from around midday Sunday 24th following some morning engineering works between Newcastle and Hartlepool (Pelaw and South Hylton for Metro), the station will be served by the stoppers, but not the new limited stop 1Hxx services introduced from the same date.

(04 May 2020, 12:29 pm)tyresmoke wrote Proposed increase from one to two an hour each direction. Seems to suggest one will still work across Newcastle as a Middlesbrough to Carlisle - most likely this will be skip stop up the coast so may well only call Middlesbrough, Thornaby, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle onwards to Carlisle as the existing express?

(29 Jun 2020, 11:42 pm)Michael wrote Will these changes still happen in December, due to Covid-19?

(30 Jun 2020, 10:08 am)tyresmoke wrote Yes I believe they are due to go ahead in December, being delayed from May introduction.

(30 Jun 2020, 10:25 am)Michael wrote That's good to hear, glad they're still going ahead, i take it, they'll still use 150/153/155/156's?

(30 Jun 2020, 11:35 am)NewcastleOne wrote Just 156/158s. 150/153/155 don’t operate from Heaton.

(02 Jul 2020, 3:51 pm)Andreos1 wrote I've noticed more and more 4 car sets working locally recently. I get why they're doing it, but does anyone know if the stock is spare or recent arrivals from Yorkshire or the NW?
I've not kept track of what is paired up with what and with the fluid movements between depots, it woul probably be an exercise in pointlessness

(02 Jul 2020, 4:37 pm)Jimmi wrote Think it's a result of reduced timetables, likes of Saltburn & Newcastle to Carlisle services are running hourly instead of two services an hour at present.

(30 Mar 2021, 9:57 pm)Ryland wrote Wonder if the timetable will increase again after the 12th April

Saltburn to bishop line is still only hourly

(20 Aug 2022, 6:06 pm)Unber43 wrote Overall I think what needs to be improved is the flexibility, for instance I should be able to catch the ealier morning X10 to Middlesbrough from Gateshead/Newcastle and in the other way aswell from Middlesbrough to Gateshead/Newcastle. And be able to chose whether to get the train or the X10 I think possibly the trains and GNE should possibly partner up with the X10 going via Central Station with either the X10/Train every 30 mins down key parts of the line. But you could also advertise the connects e.g X10/Train to Seaham/Dalton Park 5 min walk to 60/65 connect with Murton/Seaham/Ryhope. Or X10 Dalton Park connection with the 61 to Murton, 65 to Seaham which connects with the 60, or X10/Train to Peterlee/Horden with the 209/210 connecting with the 206 or 208.

• How early do you want the first X10 from Middlesbrough to Newcastle? First one gets in for 07.37 and it departs at 06.00. The first train doesn't get in until 08.05.
  
• People have got the choice to get the train or the X10. They're not forced to give their business to one operator over another? 
  
• Why would GNE run a bus from Eldon Square to Central Station in partnership, that then goes on to Middlesbrough empty, because they've all jumped onto the train? It'd never work as a two-way partnership, because one mode is much more convenient than the other.
  
• Again with the Seaham/Dalton Park connections, I'm not sure why GNE would decimate their business on the Ryhope Road by offloading customers on to the train? I'm all for providing and advertising connections for onward journeys, but decimating your own business is a bit of a far stretch.