(23 Jan 2026, 12:57 pm)Unber43 wrote Just get the fast service to stop at all stops its only an extra few mins.

Yet its fine for Northumberland Line to have 4 coaches or this new leamside line, whats going to run on that rail replacement buses because Northumberland line needs 4 coaches. Or drop durham coast line to every hourly again

As has been discussed many times, it’s not possible to add further calls to the limited stop service and still fit around the 12-minute metro frequency between Sunderland and Pelaw, not to mention the issues of pathing said trains around Newcastle station given platform 7 is now effectively the only through platform for local services in both directions (platform 5 is generally used for Ashington services and 6 for Hexham and Carlisle (semi-fast) services (which now start from and terminate at Newcastle)). Very few Northern trains use platform 9, 10 and 11 now to minimise conflicts between Tyne Valley and ECML services.