(22 Sep 2013, 12:36 pm)gtomlinson wrote Blackpool has traditionally always been very popular with Northerners who visit for the weekend or midweek.

It's a pain to get to in terms of the train (4 hour average journey time with changes) and it's a fairly scenic journey across the A66 and through Kirkby Stephen. It used to stop at Tebay for lunch but I don't think they do now

The market must still be there as Classic run it as mentioned above but in a different form as there's now express direct buses that run from Newcastle/Gateshead and of course you've got National Holidays who send thousands of the grey brigade there

In the timetable Adam issued above, there is a 30 minute break at Tebay.

It's a shame the service doesn't set off a little earlier if you ask me - it would be nice to have more than 40 minutes there. Granted, I doubt the service is set up for same day returns, but would be nice if they'd have offered a journey say, 2 hours earlier - yet returns being the same time.