Is serving Haymarket desirable? It’s a traffic snarl at peak time and fine if you want the northern end of the city but the Stagecoach offering serves the actual city centre and Central Station is far more useful.
Haymarket only works if you’re entire visit is going to M&S or popping to the Junction or connecting to Arriva services to Northumberland
As someone who used to traverse the quorum to town route, I’d actively avoid Matthew bank and prefer a drive via the freeman, it flows much better
RE: Go North East September 2023 changes
Wistfully stuck in the 90s