(10 Jan 2016, 2:49 pm)tyresmoke wrote This weekend has seen Rail Replacement services in operation again between Darlington & Newcastle

Virgin East Coast services have been diverted one per hour between York & Newcastle via the Durham Coast, and also one per hour terminating at Darlington. CrossCountry and Transpennine services have also been terminating at Darlington for buses to Newcastle.

List from Saturday 9th:

Croft Coach Travel: Sunsundegui SA02CCY
Dodsworth's: Irizar GB15JDC
Garfield Executive: Van Hool Alicron YJ12KFK
Hall's (Delta Coaches?): Excalibur M135UWY
Jim Hughes: Mercedes Touro UGD735
Lee's of Durham: Eos 891FUO
Stanley Coaches: Van Hool Alicron TX63STX

Plus many many more...

Rail Replacement services are also in operation today, Saturday 16th, Sunday 17th, Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th

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Newcastle - Carlisle train services will be replaced by buses throughout on the weekends of 9th/10th, 16th/17th, 23rd/24th

Northern's timetable poster is available here: http://www.northernrail.org/pdfs/trackwo...rlisle.pdf

Please note that train services between Prudhoe & Hexham are replaced by buses until further notice anyway due to the closure of the railway line at Farnley.

Enterprise Travel were doing a rail replacement service between Darlington and Newcastle yesterday as well.

I'll get some photos in Darlington and Durham next Saturday.