The franchise agreements for the Tyne Valley are two trains per hour in each direction - one express and one stopper (essentially extending the Hexham turnbacks to Carlisle).
Why this has been said as being 12 times faster I do not know. Unless they're introducing helicopters.
RE: Northern Rail
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