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Bus staff are Strictly TV stars

Bus staff are Strictly TV stars

Five Go North East employees are dusting the ballroom glitter off their high visibility vests after appearing on telly in front of 12 million viewers on Saturday night in the Strictly Come Dancing final.

Go North East wins £8.5m contract

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.

New through tickets for Knightside Gardens

New through tickets for Knightside Gardens

​In response to customer feedback, following our service changes in October, we have introduced money saving tickets for the residents of Knightside Gardens.

Go North East wins national praise

Go North East wins national praise

We are celebrating being recognised nationally as a ‘Top 3’ bus company at the prestigious UK Bus Awards 2015.
We picked up bronze awards for ‘Top City Operator’ and ‘Sustained Marketing Excellence’. This is the fourth year running we have been shortlisted for Top City Operator and won gold in the Marketing category in 2013.
This year’s entry for marketing called ‘Listen, Target, Go’ was all

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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