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BBC’s Richard Moss gets in the driving seat as Go North East looks to fill bus driving vacancies

BBC’s Richard Moss gets in the driving seat as Go North East looks to fill bus driving vacancies

Earlier this month, BBC’s Richard Moss visited Go North East and got behind the driving wheel to see exactly what it’s like to drive a bus and to find out more about the recent staff shortages.

(L-R) Kevin Marston, Assistant Principal at Gateshead College, with some of the apprentices, and Colin Barnes, engineering director at Go North East

Go North East expands workforce following recruitment drive

The region’s leading bus company has teamed up with Gateshead College and hired 11 new engineering apprentices to expand its highly skilled workforce.

Local bus company Go North East has marketing efforts praised alongside global and national big hitters

Local bus company Go North East has marketing efforts praised alongside global and national big hitters

Go North East is a company that has long-standing success in marketing, and the bus operator has now received recognition alongside global and national big hitting brands including Barbour, Greggs and Clearly Drinks.

Christmas bus services and £1 evening fare

Christmas bus services and £1 evening fare

Go North East is supporting Christmas festivities with its services this year – buses will be running across the festive period, and paying for your £1 evening bus fare just got a whole lot easier.

Go North East’s Santa bus returns for magical tour of the region

Go North East’s Santa bus returns for magical tour of the region

Following its success last year, with thousands of people lining the streets to wave at Santa and his helpers, Go North East is bringing back its magical open-top Santa bus to help spread some Christmas cheer.

Christmas and New Year buses

Christmas and New Year buses

Whether you’re commuting to and from work, looking for that special Christmas gift, visiting friends and family, or heading to a Christmas event, we have your festive travel needs wrapped up.

On the Go since 1913

Around 175,000 journeys are made on Go North East bus services every day to travel around this wonderful region. Travelling to work or education, to visit friends and family, to have a night out, or to visit one of the region's many tourist and leisure attractions.

For over 100 years, Go North East has connected the region's towns and villages with the cities of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland and currently operates across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and into Tees Valley.

Employing over 2,000 local people, with a fleet of almost 700 buses and coaches and an annual turnover of £100m, the company is the regional subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc, one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport.

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