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I doubt moving the layover to Morpeth is possible due to the lack of 75 mph paths combined with paths that don’t conflict with the movements on and off the Northumberland Line at Benton Junction (both freight and passenger) In reality the best we can expect is medium term hopefully Northern can...

Platform 6 tends to be used from xx- 17 - xx26 and xx47 - xx04 give or take a few minutes. Theoretically they could be moved to platform 9 but they may struggle for punctuality due to fighting for space across the ladders on KEB

Happens very occasionally on match days or at the end of the day when units are going to Heaton. It causes an issue at Manors as those platforms are short which would be the same issue for Ashington services also. To be honest I think it’s all moot, being pessimistic and off topic, when...

I think he meant a Newcastle - Morpeth - Bedlington service extending off the current Newcastle - Morpeth service. In which case a 4 car wouldn’t fit platform 1 because the platform follows the curve of the Ashington portion of the line. It would then need to do a shunt to cross over to reform...

You can bring a unit into platform 8 from the North / High Level Bridge through 7 (The 1Jxx Middlesbrough to Carlisles often use platform 8) and then bring another unit into platform 7 on a normal colour light sequence (no stopping for a position light before the station) Platform 5 can hold a...

I’m probably going massively against the grain here but the Northumberland line is no different to most of Northern’s routes but as it’s the newest it garners the most attention. If you read half of the posts on here and what the local counsellors post you’d think that every single train is...

To clarify any harboured dreams of a LNER / TPE service standalone or otherwise isn’t going to happen even as a “thinking outside of the box” suggestion. Once major issue amongst many is that the platform at Ashington is 100 metres and the signal towards Newcastle is pretty much at the end of...

Whilst I agree that it should have been electrified alongside the final bits that would allow Morpeth services to run as electrics (currently can’t now for reasons I’ve stated on other threads) I am also totally aware due to funding decisions that if it was a case of an electrified...

Sorry going to be pedantic but you’d probably need 2. One to run the service and a second to rescue it if things go wrong. The main reason as is not just because Heaton Depot doesn’t have EMUs but because the service bleeds into diagrams which need DMUs so and I don’t think Network Rail would...

Belford / Crag Mill Loops are wired but I doubt there’s paths for additionals up there at present even with faster units

Reminder 323s can’t do the Morpeth services, the turnback sidings aren’t electrified and the loops north of the station either don’t have the signalling / or crossover at the south end (depending on which loop) to permit terminating in those

There’ll be no extra through running through Newcastle in the near future due to the December 2025 ECML timetable and lack of space in the platforms at Newcastle. This is why only the Carlisle to Middlesbrough 1J.. services and a handful of random others are the only non-terminators In the...

I’m probably taking this even more off-topic but just a quick reminder that the 769s initially weren’t going to be the only Porterbrook conversions in the Northern “by Arriva” franchise. There was also supposed to be a number of 321s converted to class 600s (?) pure Hydrogen units but covid put...

Newcastle to Morpeth can’t be switched without electrification to the reversing sidings. It’s only 400 metres or so to do and was mooted at one point but it’s enough to stop it for now Theres also not a crossover to allow movement from the Northbound loop to the Southbound platform nor...

I’m going to guess plan A was TfW 158s to Northern (Heaton) releasing a number of Heaton 156s to the North West to do as they wish (Heaton would still need some 156s for Cumbrian Coast diagrams and a couple of Tyne Valley jobs to keep crew knowledge and get them to depot) . No additional crew...

WSP is the least of the issues, the Northern 156s were only fitted in the last couple of years with auto sanding just installed this year I believe. It’ll be more the general condition and availability of parts which is is the bigger issue and also why there’s a former EMR 156 on Heaton acting...

The reverse has actually happened with 3 or 4 Heaton 156s being pinched to cover the faults with the 769s (on top of those sent over due to the Corkickle issues)

On internal documents it states that the Bee Network will be operated by Northern using Northern Trains and Staff In reality it’s just going back to when 323s wore GMPTE colours with more influence influence / control of ticketing by TfGM

Yeah, there’s curvier platforms than Hartlepools which have trains with similar located doors stop at them. Possibly some modifications done if needs be

Indeed and compacted with the fact there’s no signalling to allow a down (northbound) platform to up (southbound) loop just north platform to south main) nor a crossover to allow movement from down loop to up platform as the loops are electrified For what it’s worth my prediction for the...