Recent content by Mark Teesside

Thanks for the reply, with regards to route retention, don’t York crews already work this stretch of route with the Newcastle to Liverpool service? It seems a little odd to cause a two hour gap in an otherwise hourly service while giving Darlington (which is already very well served by tpe) an...

I’m actually going to e mail them about this to find out why one journey in an otherwise hourly service is diverted to Darlington. Darlington is already served by the hourly Newcastle to Liverpool service in addition to CrossCountry to Leeds so i dont understand why Yarm Thornaby and...

Sorry if I’m asking in the wrong place but does anybody know why the 1844 from Manchester Airport to Saltburn is diverted to Darlington from the timetable change in December leaving York- Middlesbrough with a random 2 hour gap in an otherwise hourly service? Similarly on Sundays the first train...

I travelled on the 1035 from Middlesbrough to Newcastle, formed of 142038. The train was full by Stockton, and although I’m hearing pacers are banned beyond MetroCentre this train was destined for Hexham so I’m assuming it made it all the way there. Full praise to the conductor on this service...

As regards the Middlesbrough-London service I understand that it will also call at Thornaby so it’ll actually serve quite a large catchment area. Teesside has been crying out for a direct London link for years and yes Grand Central serves Eaglescliffe but surely a town like Middlesbrough and...

The Yorkshire bit absolutely, not so small though.

That’s right, I don’t understand it either and I’ve asked why many times

Calling Middlesbrough ‘Middlesborough’