(10 Apr 2026, 9:25 pm)Gtyresmoke wrote You think Hartlepool would be better off in NECA where all the focus will be on Newcastle and maybe Durham at a push?…
They’ve had a decent chunk of money spent on the third platform at the rail station allowing the express to go hourly doubling the frequency up & down the coast.
Yes I do think that. I have lived both sides of the fence, being from Sunderland but now living here in Hartlepool. The rail platform was essentially righting a wrong. Besides , whilst work was carried out at Hartlepool, Boro station is getting a £125 million upgrade . Contrast that to the £12 million spent at Hartlepool. Short changed comes to mind.