(20 May 2014, 5:35 pm)BJ10VUS wrote They've even got connections with the 685 on the timetable on the Go North East website!
Ah, I hadn't realised that the timetable quoted was not from the Go North East website.
Initial reaction was somewhat irrational, in that case. I can accept the connections to Carlisle using service 685, owing to the loss of the AD122 to Carlisle, and I think it would have been requested.
I'd assumed that Go North East had uploaded a timetable advertising no Go North East connections to Newcastle - which would have been idiotic to say the least.