(21 Feb 2024, 11:23 am)mb134 wrote There are multiple posts on the RailUK forums stating that the timetable is very tight, and testing has taken place to see how much time can be saved. Doesn't scream out as a robust timetable, especially given they're sharing the track with freight traffic and the multiple single track sections. 

On the bus thing, that 07:45 arrival into town has been bang on time into town for each day I checked over the past 2 weeks. From experience of using the Arriva Ashington services into town in the peaks, there's time added to ensure they arrive into Haymarket close to/at their scheduled time. Yes the bus might not turn up, but similarly we're more than accustomed to trains not turning up in this country.

Aye seen the RailUK posts, who knows tbh. We could speculate all day as we clearly have different opinions, one of us will be right or we could be both wrong with the trains, packed from people who never used public transport at all and the buses are barely impacted.