(30 May 2026, 1:06 pm)Storx wrote See if I was looking at Durham to Metrocentre links I'd be looking at going via Stanley.
The 16A terminates shorts anyway, could you extend that to back to Newcastle via the Northstar X43 route with the X73 and 6 merging together to serve the rest?
It would probably do alright since your opening up Newcastle links from South Stanley and Sacriston etc rather than it being purely MetroCentre links.
To be fair, the whole of Derwentside & parts of West Gateshead need a reset.
Far too complicated and no logic. Just needs a 'cleaner' version of what was in place prior to October 2015. Plenty of BSIP opportunities too.
Also, the B8RLE Evora could also be a game changer for the quieter boards too rather than blindly going double deck.
The X30/X31/X32/X70/X71/X72/X73 are as complicated as what the EX1/X1/X11/X24/X25/X26/363/364 were in Blyth