Two engineers from Go North East have been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award after dedicating more than a century between them to the company. Billy Cummings and John Jackson have both worked for the bus operator for 52 years. Billy and John received Lifetime Achievement Awards as part of Go North East’s annual Go.B.E. Awards which celebrates colleagues across the business.
Go North East are delighted to announce they will continue as the front-of-shirt sponsor for the Durham Visually Impaired (VI) Cricket Team for a fourth consecutive year.
The team is the county’s only visually impaired cricket team, made up players with partial or total sight loss who compete in ECB competitions and welcome players of any age or experience.
Players use adapted equipment and
Go North East is celebrating after two of the company’s drivers made the top ten at the National Bus Driver of the Year competition, held in Blackpool at the weekend.
The annual National Bus Driver of the Year competition is designed to recognise the skill, professionalism, and customer service excellence of drivers across the country.
Dawid Zochowski took fourth place out of more than 100 d
Go North East has added story prompts to buses across the region, as part of a campaign to reverse the decline in reading for pleasure and boost children’s literacy levels in the North East, where 1 in 5 children aged 5 to 8 don't have a book of their own at home.
The creative story prompts can be found on the back of seats on some of the region’s busiest bus routes and aim to get families and
Go North East has added story prompts to buses across the region, as part of a campaign to reverse the decline in reading for pleasure.
Go North East is launching the Tide Tour, an open top bus service running from Tynemouth to Whitley Bay. The service, which will operate over the summer, has been funded by the North East Mayor Kim McGuinness as part of her commitment to making travel more affordable and accessible across the region.
The Tide Tour will stop at all the North Tyneside coast’s most popular attractions and destinat
To mark Armed Forces Day, Go North East is offering free bus travel for veterans, cadets and serving members of the armed forces on 27 and 28 June.
