(04 Sep 2023, 6:15 pm)RMF1254 wrote I don’t think Cramlington’s hourly all day service to Morpeth and Newcastle is appalling, plus North Road passengers can change to Metro at Regent Centre (an Interchange that is so hated on this site) for Central and  places south of the river.

Cramlington's service if it bothers to run. The station is also in the complete wrong place which Senrug wan't to improve but there's no interest because of the capacity issues elsewhere. Hourly is appalling for the size of the town, the whole of SE Northumberland on the ECML is poor and should be at least hourly from Edinburgh to Newcastle stopping at all stations and half hourly from Morpeth South. Try getting a train from Morpeth to Berwick and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Gosforth people would have to double back to use the Regent Centre and passengers on the 306/308/X7/X8 don't pass it at all. There's many places ie Quorum and Cobalt which should have a Central direct link but don't atm without a diversion around everywhere (22).

The Regent Centre is way too far for someone to interchange, any interchanges should be the last mile. Not 3/4 of the journey in, it's just an inconvenience then.