(14 Sep 2025, 4:00 pm)Malarkey wrote Imagine the reliability of the service if there are issues on the route of the 50, I'd have said it would be been better to interwork it with 16A in Durham.

Then you'd need more remote reliefs / use of the bait room in Stanley as it would push the driving hours with a full 16/16A and 14 interworking.

Plus GNE already heavily use this option for the 6, X30/X31/X32 and some of the X70/X71/X73 boards.

Not forgetting that Consett have been struggling with reliability lately.