(Yesterday, 11:16 pm)Storx wrote Honestly can't disagree with any of that to be honest. Would be a good move aswell and reletively cheap really; since I'd assume the three lines would have enough juice to do it. 

One bit of electrification I'd love to see is the line between Newcastle and the Metrocentre so then if you did do the Hexham runs you've got a chunk of that line done aswell.

Sadly we're more bothered about expensive Metro lines between South Hylton and Washington which will cost an absolute fortune with imo not that much benefit either when lots of little schemes could be done instead which would benefit the region, as a whole, more imo. 

I've got no arguments about the line between Washington and Pelaw though as it serves a massive town and a major employment site at Follingsby aswell but we know fine well that ain't happening alone because that benefits Newcastle City Centre and not Sunderland City Centre and well...

We are probably an echo chamber on many thnigs. Electrification to the Metrocentre would be a quick way to justify EMUs and decarbonisation of that part of the line. if Nexus (who should our non-present dear comrade should have abolished now with a wider transport authority [with new compliant management]) had got a grip of, as far as Blaydon. When the Nexus Forums we a thing (and hindsight a very brave thing), one idea they suggested was closing Dunston station. I pointed out that that it would look quite bad from a PR perspective when they wanted to introduce a Quality Contracts Scheme for busses that it did not reflect well on them.
 
For Washington, I agree with getting the Metro there, as a loop, I would suggest focus should be linking the Sunderland Line to the Yellow Line at Brockley Whins. For the next infill reopening of the Northumberland line, I am biased of course.