(17 Aug 2022, 10:48 am)Storx wrote The Northern Connect service of Newcastle -> Chester Le Street -> Durham -> Stockton -> Thornaby -> Middlesbrough should be the answer imo. Especially now that the XC trains are down to hourly so there's a free path. Would help the locals in Waldridge who have had their services pissed about more times than ever to get places aswell.
Believe it only takes 55 minutes that way rather than the 85 mins at best the current ways.
The Northern Connect network isn’t happening now - it was scrapped the moment Northern went over to Direct Operated Railway control.