(28 Jan 2019, 7:03 pm)GNE6312 wrote Some new delay tackling suggestions:
X15/18s to run onto each other at each end with a 10-15 min layover which reduces the ongoing delays sorrounding these services

X14/20 to run onto eachother at Newcastle with 10-15 minutes lay over which should reduce the ongoing delays to these services

These 2 suggestions will see timetable changes to the ashington expresses

How would running onto each other have any effect on timekeeping? 

At the Berwick end both services are 2 hourly, and it would mess up the frequency from Alnwick, while they already have 7/5 minutes of layover at Newcastle/Berwick respectively. (In practice Berwick is slightly more, it doesn't take 7 minutes to get from the train station to Golden Square)

The nature of the two routes mean that delays are likely, and even taking that into account a quick look at the live map right now (1725 on a working Tuesday), shows that the latest any of them seem to be is +6.