(16 Oct 2025, 3:04 pm)DodgepotMcDougal wrote All Operators/modes are going to need to do something. You can't dump up thousands of people a day in to the transport network without it breaking.

Metro is at capacity without significant investment. I'm not sure where the additional DMU trains are for Northern. The short and medium solution has to be bus. Be that enhanced frequencies, Park and Ride. Express buses or a mix of all three.

Local authorities will have to step up as well - I just hope the "active" travel merchants that riddle these organisations are shot in to the sun with regards this issue. The last thing needed is even further reduced road space for mass people movers (buses) on the approaches to the city. I know three people that are going to be moving in, and they ain't getting on a bike!

Metro capacity will have increased with the new fleet rolled out by then, and also a system wide frequency increase will be possible thanks to the Metro Flow project a few years back.

New trains coming to Northern and the likes of Transport for Wales should free up additional 158s to come to the NE.

If you’ve visited any forward thinking cities such as London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam etc you’ll have seen that reallocating city centre road space to public transport and active travel is much more efficient in terms of volume of people moving, and is better for people’s health and the environment.
However, as others have said some councils here aren’t too willing and are scared to upset drivers, especially on the run up to the elections.