Go North East pick up silver accolade at North East Tourism Awards
Go North East was recognised for its commitment to providing memorable visitor experiences for everyone, particularly those with accessibility requirements.
Go North East was recognised for its commitment to providing memorable visitor experiences for everyone, particularly those with accessibility requirements.
The company has embarked on two initiatives to help support local hospitals and the NHS.
Anyone travelling from Monday onwards during the coronavirus crisis who needs to pay with cash will be required to use exact money.
Tonight (Thursday 23 April), the region’s largest bus company, Go North East will celebrate key workers with ‘Clap for our Carers’ 8pm activities across its depots, whilst also joining the NHS at Hexham General Hospital.
The North East’s largest bus company has brought forward the launch of its new website to help key workers and those making essential journeys during the coronavirus crisis and beyond.
Hundreds of bus drivers, as well as support teams, wore colourful clothing and fancy dress over the weekend to spread some Easter cheer in support of fellow key workers.
The Go North East uniform is set to change this Easter weekend, with colourful clothes being worn to champion fellow key workers.
The company is saying a huge thank you to its colleagues and fellow key workers with a series of initiatives during the coronavirus crisis.
Praise has flooded in for drivers and support teams who are helping keep the region moving, ensuring key workers, including NHS staff and essential shop workers, can get to their workplaces to provide vital services.
Here's our guide to ongoing and upcoming roadworks around the region.
By Monday 30th March all the region’s main bus operators will be running to emergency timetables in the face of the current Coronavirus crisis resulting in a 80-90% reduction in the demand for bus services as people follow the Government’s stay at home advice, balanced with the need to keep services running for key workers and access to essential shopping and healthcare.
All Go North East buses will run to emergency timetable from Saturday 28 March, with services running at least hourly. Extra early morning journeys for key workers, added following customer feedback, will also be maintained daily.
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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