(10 Sep 2015, 8:11 pm)aureolin wrote Same with Washington. Though we used to have a range of services that connected just about every part of Washington with the Metro, so you could take advantage of a Transfare. No such luck these days though. I think Washington is officially the largest town without a railway service of any sort now?
It's not just parts of Tyne and Wear without Metro that are footing the bill. It'll soon be Durham and Northumberland paying the ITA too. I fully expect it to commence with the coming year's council tax statements.
The main problem with Washington's rail link (or lack thereof) is funding. Most agree reopening the Leamside Line is a good idea but nobody actually wants to pay for it. It's a sad state of affairs.