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Phillip Barnfather from Go North East and Rebecca Rutter from Age UK North Tyneside with students from Norham High School.

Go North East transports Norham High School youngsters on ‘Journey Through Tyne’

Youngsters from Norham High School in North Shields will embark on a journey of discovery with Go North East this Autumn, delving into the history of transport in Tyne and Wear and learning from those who experienced the changes first-hand.
Aiming to provide students with meaningful experiences to best prepare them for life after school and the world of work, teachers at the school are bringing

Go North East's Paddy Fagan

Personal best for Go North East’s Paddy at this year’s Great North Run

A bus station supervisor from the region’s largest bus company, Go North East, celebrated his 30th year working at this month’s Great North Run; offering essential guidance and direction to spectators, and driving the runners home after their victories.
Paddy Fagan has become a well-known face at the iconic half marathon, always ensuring the operation runs like clockwork and as smoothly as poss

Bus driver Kevin Brown after completing last year's Great North Run

North Shields bus driver sets sight on seventh Great North Run in support of premature and newborn babies

A devoted driver and dad of one from the region’s largest bus company, Go North East, will soon be tackling his seventh Great North Run; in support of the Newcastle-based premature and newborn baby charity, Tiny Lives.
Kevin Brown, from North Shields, has dedicated the past seven years to raising money for the organisation, which supports premature and sick newborn babies and their families on

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Network One M-Ticket proving popular with regional travellers

The Network One m-ticket specifically for bus and Metro users in Tyne and Wear, is proving popular with customers, following its release back in May
The long-standing and popular Network One scheme combines ticketing for travel across North East bus operators Go North East, Arriva and Stagecoach, as well as the Metro and Shields Ferry services; making travel across the county convenient and eas

Go North East's on-bus announcer, Emma Hignett

The face behind the voice: Meet Go North East’s on-bus announcer

Hearing your voice playing out on the bus would give most people a fright but it’s just part of everyday life for voiceover artist Emma Hignett – Go North East’s resident passenger information announcer.
Over the past three years, Emma, from Teesdale, has recorded almost 3,500 on-bus recordings for Go North East, now featuring on more than 50% of the company’s fleet of 601 vehicles. She is hear

Go North East's N21 night bus service

Go North East offers a safe ride home to region’s night owls

Thousands of passengers journeying between Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham after a late shift at work, social occasion or all-night studying session are benefiting from comfortable, convenient weekend travel with added peace of mind thanks to Go North East’s annual £10m investment in new vehicles including on its N21 and N56 night bus services.
Both services are fitted internally with CCTV an

Go North East engineering apprentice Jak Watson

Lucky seven needed to embark on engineering careers

This National Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March 2018), the region’s biggest bus company, Go North East is calling out to aspiring young engineers with a thirst for knowledge and the drive to develop hands-on skills to apply for seven coveted spaces on its award-winning apprenticeship scheme.

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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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