(15 Dec 2024, 8:39 pm)MurdnunoC wrote If I lived in either Ashington or Blyth and had a daily commute using public transport into Newcastle, then that's me sold on the train, unless I was frequently using the bus to make other journeys. It's a no-brainer really!
Yeah agreed and probably will use it going to down, live near'ish one of the stations.
Arriva badly need to extend the Morpeth Route Saver to Ashington and the Cramlington Route Saver to Blyth and Seaton Valley imo to make it them competitive.
Btw for those who love a good bad allocation, I noticed even Northern are up at it and there's already been a Class 156 venturing on it today (supposed to be full Class 158 allocation with USB's).