(07 May 2024, 1:33 pm)LVK 404L wrote I think tbe big  concern with the possibility of majority of services terminating at Gateshead compared to 'years gone by' is, there is no longer the all day redline metro Pelaw to Benton.  At present you would be adding loads of passengers to already overloaded metro services, perhaps just for 1 or 2 stops, but id not want to go from havong a seat on a bus to the squash that is a busy metro.  Bring the Pealw to Benton extras back all day and it would be a consideration.

I think that might be possible with the complete set of new trains, but I do think that terminating all services at Gateshead is silly. The 56/57/58 could be a good example, terminate the 57 at Gateshead, but the 56/58 continue to Newcastle for people to have the choice to go straight into Newcastle when those services overlap.