Recent content by jkkne

I mean - as a former user of Hebburn not sure what's wrong with it, same with Jarrow. It has cover, ticket machines and seats for the 5 minutes I tend to be waiting for... Certainly more inviting and more cover than the recentley built Northumberland Line Stations for example. (Also that...

Yes but nobody else used them, they were a colossal waste of money and something people actually want (a Caledonian travel shop) is now there. Haymarket is staffed if you want interaction.

Arguably haymarket has more life than any other station (aside central) Hairdresser, independent food restaurant, a Halifax, estate agent and a Caledonian travel shop, occupied offices aboveand it’s almost constantly staffed Why would it need a nexus shop? Sunderland is the worst for me..or...

And quite famously...the Angel of the North

As someone caught up in this, after the misery of watching his side lose to arsenal and trying to get back to Newcastle… My main view is how atrocious lner platform and social media team were. Kings Cross staff were utterly clueless and then somewhat absent , we were informing them through RTT...

Durham may not be a “major city” in population terms, but rail demand isn’t determined by civic status or landmarks. Durham punches well above its weight because of the university, tourism, its position on the ECML, and the fact it serves a much wider catchment across County Durham. That’s...

Certainly a positive step, shame that there'll be zero other public transport to compliment since buses and the Metro don't run in the North East on NYD

I would say it’s clear that a risk averse LNER and its weather partner totally overreacted to a yellow weather warning in Northumberland and there’s no reason they couldn’t have run even a slightly reduced service today. It was nothing more than a brisk autumn esque heavy wind across the North...

Yes for the abuse they often get on here, congratulations and thanks to Cross Country (and ironically Arriva buses) who were able to keep Northumberland moving today when LNER downed tools

Yes it's a typical early autumn late spring day really in Northumberland We've got circa 40mph gusts this morning in Morpeth - though they are infequent - the peak seems to be around 5pm when they hit low 50s More convenience for LNER to mass cancel as ever

Northern's website and app being particularly unhelpful. Reports Severe Disruption on Tyne Valley, Ashington and Northumberland lines but so far - absolutely everything is running to time - gusts have been downgraded to around 50mph in most of the North East (touching 57mph in some more exposed...

Durham CC’s Riverside Stadium can be seen from the East Coast Mainline

I'm not an enthusiast, I'm an irritated customer. It's raining today, yet Go North East have 3 open top buses out in public service on routes because they've sent some buses 250 miles away on a private hire. The same buses they barely had in service due to engineering issues and parts...

Interesting weekend at GNE. It’s fleet of Angel branded Streetdecks (which regularly fail to even make it beyond Gateshead on their usual route) have been sent to Silverstone for British GP shuttle work As a result of the reduction in available vehicles, some internal temporary moves leave...

Reliability remains hit and miss and short running is still common. They seem to have fixed some vehicle issues mechanically but the interior is shocking on a lot of the fleet. There’s still lots of tinkering with routes and timetables but it’s all a little around the edges Seems to be a long...