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Have a BIG day out with Go North East

Have a BIG day out with Go North East

Go North East has teamed up with a host of attractions and businesses across the region to bring Big Days Out offers to families.

Go North East gears up for recruitment drive

Go North East gears up for recruitment drive

On Sunday 23 June, between 10am and 2pm, the company will be holding a recruitment open day at intu Metrocentre Coach Park, giving any aspiring drivers the chance to get behind the wheel and test drive a bus.

Yutong electric bus

Yutong electric buses confirmed for Go North East

This World Environment Day, ​following the announcement of a successful bid to the Government’s Ultra Low Emission Bus Fund to support the purchase of electric buses, the North East’s largest bus operator, Go North East, has confirmed an order for nine E10 latest generation full electric buses with the world’s largest electric bus manufacturer, Yutong.

Service changes from 7 April

Service changes from 7 April

From 7 April 2019, there will be changes to some services in Western Gateshead and Derwentside.

Zoe Gibbons and Sarah Cooper

Go North East apprenticeships drive industry award wins

This National Apprenticeship Week (4 - 8 March 2019), the region’s biggest bus operator, Go North East is celebrating its young talent making a big impact – including two industry award-winning apprentices.

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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.

Go North East

117 Queen Street
NE8 2UA Gateshead