(11 Jan 2014, 8:57 pm)G-CPTN wrote Edited to add:-
I've just looked at the timetable, and, indeed they depart ten minutes apart and run in tandem to Hexham. How many passengers want to travel from Newcastle to Hexham on a Saturday, leaving before 9am and arriving around 9:30?
Well they're certainly spoilt for choice!
GNE 10 at 0830, ANE 85 at 0835, GNE X84 at 0840, SNW 685 at 0845, GNE 10 at 0900 and GNE X85 at 0910!
Does show just how silly the competition is getting...