Go North East, the region’s largest bus operator, working in partnership with Nexus, has added two additional shuttle bus services to further improve public transport links to the vaccination centre at the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East at the Sunderland International Innovation Centre.
As part of Global Community Engagement Day, Go North East is also celebrating the day by looking back at everything they have done over the last 12 months with a fantastic video and hosting a live Q&A on Facebook Live.
This Thursday (28 January) is Global Community Engagement Day, a day when organisations are encouraged to reflect on how they can better engage with the communities they serve.
Go North East has today launched one of the UK’s first dedicated vaccination shuttle bus services, which serves the NHS Nightingale Hospital North East in the Sunderland International Innovation Centre, near to the Nissan factory.
To help lighten the mood across the region, Go North East’s drivers and support teams dressed as colourfully as possible to help lift the spirits of colleagues and customers.
A new dedicated bus stop at the Centre for Life vaccination centre, as well as a travel guide to the centre and other clinics across the region.
Go North East, the region’s largest bus company, has offered its services to help with the BeatCovidNE campaign that’s driven by the North East’s local authorities.
January can be a challenging month, when people often feel flat after the excitement of Christmas, so Go North East colleagues have looked ahead to see what they can do on Monday 18 January, which is dubbed ‘Blue Monday’.
Go North East, the region’s largest bus company, has thanked its customers and colleagues for their patience and efforts following Friday’s snow disruptions.
After a challenging year, Go North East colleagues were committed to spreading joy, laughter and festive cheer across the region in the run-up to Christmas.
From Saturday 16 January, we will be making some temporary changes to our services in light of the government’s latest COVID restrictions.
Over the last couple of weeks, Go North East’s team have been getting out and about to wish people a Merry Christmas.
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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