(16 Jan 2016, 7:54 pm)LeeCalder wrote The Highwayman did actually have a meaning.
I am lead to believe it dates back to a story of robberies in the Lobley Hill area in the late 1800. The people who committed these robberies were known as Highwaymen.
Hence why on one of the old Highwayman timetables, it says "At £2.20, it's a steal"
Pretty sure it's actually got something to do with a public house/restaurant located on the Whickham Highway, called ''The Highwayman'', which the route passes.