(4 hours ago)Storx wrote Aye that's fair wasn't too sure either way; thought there might have been a lot of intermediate journeys since the rail stations in Stockton and Billingham, in particular, aren't pretty much ideal.


Aye, can get some cheap fares with them aswell.

It'll be interesting to see if Ember in Scotland ever head South; they seem to getting coaches for the fun of it lately. Imo some massive potential in the North East; the Middlesbrough to Newcastle corridor being one of them.

I know some will say E400MMC's are 'great' buses but let's be blunt they're absolutely awful for anything longer than 30 minutes really; Stuff like Alnwick to Newcastle, Carlisle to Newcastle and Newcastle to Middlesbrough are just open for the taking imo.

I understand that Ember do have plans to expand into England whilst utilising it's Scottish Charging Hubs and expanding fleet to 138 vehicles, they've launched a Glasgow-Oban Service this month which enhanced service to Inverness/Fort William with the support of ScotZeb Funding so certainly a possibility they'll cross the border later in the year.

I've always thought Scottish Citylink should extend a few boards of the 900 from Edinburgh down to Newcastle per day, Quite surprised they've not stepped up to replace the loss of Megabus Services as there is a gap in the market, same applies to Flixbus.