(25 Jan 2026, 9:26 pm)Storx wrote Aye it's a discussion that comes up quite regularly on the rail forums especially for Leeds aswell; The XC never really worked though, because it went by Carstairs and it just takes too long to the stage it was just as quick to jump off and Edinburgh and change anyway.
If its quicker to do the same as Lumo, then go to Queen Street.
Also, why wasnt the Northumberland Line electrified, seems a bit silly to have do it in 10 years or so when it would have been easier to do it during construction. You could have also removed slower trains off the ECML north of Newcastle.