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Nathan Smith, a second year engineering apprentice at Go North East's depot in Chester-le-Street

Go North East apprentices keep the wheels moving on 700-strong fleet of buses

This National Apprenticeship Week (3-7 February 2020), award-winning bus company Go North East is celebrating its engineering apprentices that help keep the wheels moving on its 700-strong fleet of buses.

More express journeys for customers travelling between Durham, Chester-le-Street and Newcastle

More express journeys for customers travelling between Durham, Chester-le-Street and Newcastle

From 26 January, the X-lines X21 service will be improved to run every 15 minutes between Durham, Chester-le-Street and Newcastle.

Bus service changes from 26 January 2020

Bus service changes from 26 January 2020

There will be changes to some Go North East bus services from 26 January 2020. Big improvements to X-lines X21 with buses running every 15 minutes between Durham and Newcastle. A new 311 service will be introduced, running every 20 minutes between Hadrian Park, High Farm, Coast Road and Newcastle.

Chester-le-Street Riverside Fireworks – 3 November

Chester-le-Street Riverside Fireworks – 3 November

Chester-le-Street Riverside Fireworks is back on Sunday 3 November and we've got 5 pairs of tickets to give away.

Go North East's simplified zones and tickets set to be launched on Better Bus Fares Tour ahead of changes on Sunday

Go North East's simplified zones and tickets set to be launched on Better Bus Fares Tour ahead of changes on Sunday

​Go North East, the region's largest bus company, will be taking to the streets tomorrow (19 July) to launch their new simplified zones and tickets which come into effect on Sunday 21 July as part of its annual review of fares.

Service changes from 19 May

Service changes from 19 May

​There will be changes to a number of our services from 19 May 2019.

Melissa Millington at Go North East's Chester-le-Street depot

Six new recruits including first female engineering apprentice in 20 years appointed to award-winning team

The region’s biggest bus company, Go North East has welcomed its first female apprentice in two decades, to embark on its unique bus and coach mechanical and electrical engineering apprenticeship.Hand-picked from over 500 applicants, Melissa Millington, joins six new recruits in the company’s most recent apprentice intake. Melissa will undertake training and development alongside Go North East’s e

Chester-le-Street Riverside Fireworks – Sunday 4 November

Chester-le-Street Riverside Fireworks – Sunday 4 November

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Angel 21 – events in Durham, Chester-le-Street and Newcastle

Angel 21 – events in Durham, Chester-le-Street and Newcastle

Pop along and join in the fun!

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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