(10 Jul 2014, 4:05 pm)Tom wrote It used to be a decent service until the 51 came in.
A vicious circle.
The OK1 was axed due to growing ANE competition, which was followed by a competing express service Newcastle - Hexham which has seen passenger numbers drop massively on ANE's 685, and now this.
I'd expect GNE to bite back. They usually do.