Expected train service increases
Extension of one hourly London-York service to Newcastle (and back).
Five extra daily LondonEdinburgh trains.
Two-hourly LondonMiddlesbrough services.
Extra hourly York-Harrogate service (by extending existing Leeds-Knaresborough service).
Extra service each hour between Newcastle and Middlesbrough.
Extra service every hour between York and Scarborough.
Extra Tyne and Wear Metro service each hour between Sunderland and Pelaw Junction.