Go North East kick-starts a wave of smiles and raises funds for Red Nose Day
Colleagues are wearing fancy dress, or casual clothing, and taking part in the 'Share a Smile' challenge.
Colleagues are wearing fancy dress, or casual clothing, and taking part in the 'Share a Smile' challenge.
Today (15 March) the Government has published Bus Back Better, the long-term National Bus Strategy for England outside London.
Today (Monday 8 March) is International Women’s Day and Go North East is celebrating the day by sharing the stories of some of its colleagues and joining in with this year’s theme of ‘Choose to Challenge’.
Go North East, the region’s largest bus company, is gearing up to get children back to school safely and securely from Monday 8 March.
Throughout February, colleagues at Go North East marked LGBT+ History Month with a whole host of engaging activities.
The new system, provided by digital solutions company Not Lost, enables customers to log their items online via the Go North East website whilst members of the Go North East team upload details and photographs of things that have been handed in.
The region’s largest bus operator, Go North East, is now working in partnership with Newcastle GP Services (NGPS) – the GP Federation for Newcastle – Newcastle City Council and community and voluntary sector partners to provide an outreach vaccination bus in the city.
Go North East has mobilised a large replacement bus service for the Tyne and Wear Metro, with the help of two local operators, whilst major works are carried out.
Contactless payments have just got a whole lot easier for Go North East customers with the introduction of ‘Tap On, Tap Off’ on further bus routes.
From today, Go North East has introduced luxury coaches on its premium X10 express route that runs between Middlesbrough and Newcastle via the A19, serving Stockton, Norton, Billingham, Peterlee, Dalton Park, Heworth and Gateshead.
Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (8 – 14 February 2021), award-winning bus company Go North East is celebrating its engineering apprentices who help keep the wheels moving on over 600 buses.
From Monday 15 February, Durham Bus Station will be closed to allow demolition and redevelopment work to begin. Whilst the bus station is closed, a range of new bus stops will be introduced on North Road and at Millburngate.
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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