(20 Jun 2024, 8:58 pm)Storx wrote I'm not saying it's right but most people from Hartlepool use the train to Sunderland as it's substantially quicker even with a change and more frequent nowadays.

The opening of Horden no doubt but the final nail in the coffin so the demand just wont be there. There's always people moaning about the capacity problems on a match day, whereas whenever I see the 22/23 in the Sunderland area they're virtually dead.

Much better to try and have a semi frequent service on one corridor where there's no alternative (22) than two infrequent services imo.

I know it's beyond this thread but there really should be a railway station on the North side of Hartlepool (Hart area), the gap from Hartlepool to Horden is a fair distance.

You can’t get a train from Hartlepool to Easington Village or Dalton Park though.  it’s always been used whenever I have been on it as well plus the trains are very unreliable lately