(28 Jul 2017, 3:58 pm)mb134 wrote What would the alternative be though? Having a fleet of deckers sitting in the depot all day, only to come out for 3 hours during the morning/evening peaks?
Since the timetable change the extra timing through Low Fell and Birtley seems to be a little too much. The new 6.32 and the earlier 7.02 both wait at Low Fell Cannon for quite a while and then again at Gateshead. Even during peak there's still too much time built in on that section.