(08 May 2024, 6:48 pm)Storx wrote Yeah no arguments at all, personally I agree 100% terminating anything at Gateshead is a ridiculous idea. Would be a complete nuisance. It's where the Birtley comments came from ie. if you want to terminate things at a hub, it needs to miles out, not basically at the end destination.

When people talk about the continental model that's exactly why it works. I've travelled in cities like Prague, Stockholm, Riga where you get the bus from the suburbs to a hub which then takes you speedily into the centre. Making people get a bus to kick them off within touching distance of the city to be forced onto a metro definitely won't and would likely either stop people traveling to the cities to spend money, or jump back in the car and the whole project fails.