(03 Jan 2020, 6:16 pm)streetdeckfan wrote I feel like I'm getting ganged up against!
You are arguing against two additional stops being served out of principle. Principle of two additional stops making it less of an express? I'm sorry, but if you're going to make arguments like that, then expect people to challenge your thoughts and views.
It remains an express version of the 21, and it is only timetabled for 3 minutes longer between Durham and Newcastle, from when it was first introduced.