(30 Jan 2022, 8:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote Northern charge £7 for the route via Hartlepool.
Pretty sure it's just over £15 going via Darlo.
Whack in a railcard and the financial saving is significant. Regardless of any time savings.
Unless they do something about the X10, can see them saying they lost out to the train again. Just like they did with the X85.
Hypothetically does it really matter though. If all the passengers did use the train which resulted in there being enough demand for it to be increased to 2 trains an hour. It's a win for everyone.
It's not as if anyone is really losing anything if there was decent connections to Hordon, Seaham, Billingham, Middlesbrough and Thornaby stations.
It's the same as Hexham if there was decent connections to the stations and integrated fares does it really matter. It should be public transport vs taxi vs car. Not metro vs local train vs intercity train vs GoNorthEast vs Arriva vs Stagecoach vs local independents vs taxi vs car. Only one will win.