Go North East announce bus service changes in South Tyneside and Sunderland

Go North East is making changes to bus services in Sunderland and South Tyneside to increase frequency and improve reliability for passengers. These changes are effective from Sunday 26 January 2025.

The service improvements mean residents in Pennywell will see the number of buses in their area double. The 61 and 62/A services will each operate up to every 30 minutes between Pennywell, Sunderland and Grangetown. These new services will also improve connections to Sunderland Royal Hospital.

Changes to service 63 will also benefit passengers travelling between Grangetown and Sunderland Winter Garden, combining with services 61, 62 and 62A to offer buses up to every 7 to 8 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes. Combined with services 60 and X6, this offers up to 14 buses per hour between Grangetown and the city centre.

Customers travelling from Ryhope Green to Sunderland can benefit from a bus every 7-8 minutes with services 60 and 63.

Daniel Laird, Head of Commercial at Go North East, said: “These changes have been made after careful analysis of journey data and passenger habits in Sunderland and South Tyneside.

“We understand that our bus services are vital for people across the region; whether they are travelling to school, work, appointments or for leisure. We have made these adjustments to services to respond to the needs of the communities we serve”.

In South Tyneside, timetables have been adjusted to make services more reliable for passengers.

In Jarrow, passengers boarding on York Avenue will benefit from buses up to every 15 minutes with services 9, 25 and 35. Service 36 will provide new links from Cotswolds Estate towards Jarrow.

In Fellgate, customers will see new transport links to Sunderland on Monday to Saturday, thanks to changes to service 35 and new service 36.

Go North East is encouraging customers to view the new timetables on their website and app ahead of the service changes.

The company is also hosting roadshows at South Shields and Park Lane bus interchanges. These drop-in sessions will give passengers the opportunity to pick up a copy of the new bus timetables and chat to Go North East staff about planning their journeys on the changed services.

Roadshow schedule:

Friday 24 January

South Shields interchange - 08:00 - 12:00

Park Lane interchange - 14:00 - 18:00

Saturday 25 January

Park Lane interchange - 08:00 - 12:00

South Shields interchange -14:00 - 18:00