(27 Jul 2021, 6:21 pm)Storx wrote I know what your trying to say and can't really disagree but it sounds rather expensive building bridges etc to force a hub in a place which might not work.Good luck getting a train station reinstated in Newton Hall, too. The Nimbys in that part of town have objected to having phone masts put in because whittled trees are apparently ugly, meaning that some residents are having to resort to satellite broadband. They can't even take advantage of the fibre broadband that is being introduced, here.
Imo you'd be better off spending the money on reopening the Leamside Line which means you can have quick efficient trains taking traffic away from the roads and also trains from the ECML so you could potentially run a railway service between Durham and Newcastle with stations at Newton Hall, CLS, Birtley, Team Valley (P&R), Lobley Hill (P&R), Newcastle. Then the same at Follingsby (P&R), Washington, Penshaw (Bus to Doxford Park), Fencehouses (Bus to Rainton) and just end it there.
With a good bus service to the railway station and decent connections ticketing and timings in Birtley you'd take much more traffic away from the roads.
Obviously neither will happen though since there's no money for them.
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