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Go North East wins £8.5m contract

The north east’s largest bus operator has won a £8.5million contract to provide new services to National Express – creating 15 new jobs.

Go North East, which has been operating National Express coach services for over 40 years, has won a competitive tender to secure a new five-year contract.

The deal involves providing three new routes in addition to the 14 country-wide services it runs already. The new services are Ashington to London, South Shields to London and Lichfield to London.

Go North East is purchasing four new coaches for the contract and an additional nine vehicles are being bought to upgrade the existing fleet of 24 coaches.

In its bid, the bus company put forward a number of additional quality standards it will meet, on top of those specified by National Express. These range from doubling the frequency of engineering inspections, to enhanced staff training, to increased promotion of services.

Go North East is running both internal and external recruitment campaigns, including open days, to recruit full-time and call-up coach drivers.

Managing director at Go North East, Kevin Carr said: “This is a big boost for our business. We have a healthy track record in running services for National Express and that undoubtedly helped us win the tender. Yet we also pushed ourselves even further on commitments to providing enhanced performance.” 

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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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