Travelled on the 1153 journey to Ashington and back (1236 return) today and the service was well used with at least one family being left in Ashington due to no spaces being available for the pushchair they had.

Tickets were checked on the way there, but on the way back the conductor seemingly gave up due to the amount of people boarding at Seaton Delaval. The car-park at Delaval seemed to be pretty full too.

Obviously, there's a bit of intrigue will this being the first day of service, but it's a promising start.