(Yesterday, 9:18 am)Storx wrote Yeah honestly agreed, personally I always wish it was advertised as part of the 'Metro Network'. You'd boost numbers up instantly if you actually promoted the connection to the Metrocentre with an easy change at Central Station with through tickets and what not.
Same discussion for the Northumberland Line truthfully. You could easily have it something similar to the Underground / Overground in London, Metro / RER in Paris, U Bahn / S Bahn in Germany if you wanted to advertise them differently as they're not far from it anyway.
Instead we have situation where most people probably don't even the links really exist and as a result the trains are dead (Metrocentre shorts). It's not like the Metro is miles away from National Rail nowadays anyway bar the smaller height clearance in the tunnels and different signalling which hopefully they eliminate with the upgrade anyway.
The Devolution bill going through Parliament will give the metro Mayors greater control over local rail. It’s not that Nexus neglects local rail- it’s out of their hands. London is well integrated because TfL have absolute control. London also was spared the failed experiment of Bus Deregulation.