(20 Nov 2024, 1:12 pm)Aaron21 wrote There was rumours that gct had bought Evora for the 351/335/359 but they decided for the mmc insted. It's an odd choice for them to go with small buses but hey ho

(17 Jan 2025, 10:16 am)markydh wrote Well that’s definitely not going to happen because from December this year, the only through Northern service in any direction at Newcastle will be the bi-hourly Middlesbrough to Newcastle fast, which will extend to and from Carlisle. Everything else will terminate at Newcastle. This means that the larger stations on the coast line will have a train that goes in Metrocentre direction once every two hours. The rest won’t have any at all.

All to do with pathing that as the Middlesbrough to Hexham and beyond trains can get through Central without blocking lines.

Same can't be said about Morpeth or Ashington which involves crossing everything so is an inconvenience.

(17 Jan 2025, 4:38 pm)L469 YVK wrote Quite a few comments on an FB post about later trains. A 2315 service on Fridays, Saturdays and mid-week NUFC match evenings would be perfect!

Problem is there's closures on the ECML beyond 12pm North of Heaton for routine maintenance which would need to change for it work. It's been mentioned on another forum.