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Tall Ships in Sunderland – 11-14 July

Tall Ships in Sunderland – 11-14 July

Sunderland will welcome a majestic fleet of Tall Ships to take part in a colourful four day festival of culture and entertainment across the city, before they set sail in spectacular style to compete in the first leg of The Tall Ships Races 2018.

The joint initiative will look at how regional businesses can become involved with CSR activities like Go North East's recent support of Daft as a Brush

North East Chamber of Commerce and Go North East launch region-wide CSR initiative

North East businesses that have an interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) but feel they lack the necessary skills and resource to implement an effective plan, can now take on board effective tips and lessons learned from real life scenarios and actionable events, thanks to a partnership between the North East Chamber of Commerce and Go North East.

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

Sun FM will be out and about across Wearside on Friday 25 May.

Go North East’s Sun FM bus touring Wearside for Local Radio Day

Go North East and Sunderland’s most popular local radio station, Sun FM, will once again be joining forces to mark Local Radio Day this May.
Celebrating the partnership that exists between radio stations and their listeners, Local Radio Day sets out to demonstrate the difference that local really makes. To mark Sun FM’s celebrations, Go North East’s state-of-the-art Sun FM branded double deck

Newlyweds Kayleigh and Colin Thompson jump on-board the bus for their journey home

Go North East transports local couple to married life

Riding the bus home at the end of the evening is typical for many bus passengers, but for Colin and Kayleigh Thompson, choosing the final Go North East Drifter 60 service on 5 May marked the beginning of their lives together as husband and wife.
Eager to make their special day ‘a wedding to remember’, after the traditional nuptials at St John’s Church in Seaham, the County Durham couple held a

The Cobalt Clipper service

Easy access to the Northumbria Police family fun day, thanks to Go North East

Families and visitors attending the third annual Northumbria Police Fun Day in North Tyneside – which promises to be bigger and better than ever before – can travel there easily while avoiding the traffic via Go North East’s popular 309 and 310 Cobalt Clipper services and free of charge on its complimentary shuttle service.
Attracting over 5,000 people from the local community and beyond, the f

Roy Bellaries (l) with Kevin Carr

Five decades on the buses for Go North East’s Roy

Reaching his 50-year milestone at Go North East, bus driver Roy Bellaries from Gateshead received a standing ovation on Friday evening (11th May) after his achievements and those of his long-standing peers were celebrated at the region’s largest bus operator’s annual Long Service Awards.
Joining Roy at the evening ceremony, were 40 team members from across the company who were being honoured fo

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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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