(21 Aug 2013, 4:42 pm)the pilot wrote If you were to take the Seven Stars at Wrekenton as an example, you may recall that at one time the stop was served by a fifteen minutely 56, a 725 (which I believe became a 25? prior to being the X25) and the 28. Today it is only the 56 and the hourly 28. It would seem to me that the 56 could be run as an acceptable 15 minutely service in this area if the X25 was no longer run as an express.
I've never understood why the Chester-le-Street based services that serve Old Durham Road can't just serve all the stops between Gateshead and Wrekenton. What difference will it really make to the timing?