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Go North East engineers from left to right: Phil Hodgson, Melissa Millington, and Oliver Jobson

Go North East opens engineering opportunities as weekly bus use hits one million trips

Go North East is actively recruiting qualified fitters, vehicle electricians and bus body builders at depots in Consett, Sunderland, Gateshead, Washington and Percy Main. With very competitive salaries of up to £45,000 depending on role, location, and shift pattern - Go North East engineers benefit from a comprehensive package including holidays, pensions, free travel and discounted family travel.

Go North East's Santa and Elf with staff from Children's Cancer North

Go North East Santa Bus returns for 2024, supporting children with cancer

Go North East’s much-loved Santa Bus is back for 2024, ready to spread festive cheer and raise vital funds for Children’s Cancer North, a charity dedicated to supporting young cancer patients and their families. Starting from Monday 9 December, the open-top Santa Bus will travel through North and South Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, Sunderland, and County Durham over ten magical evenings.

Pictured from L to R: Managing Director at Go North East, Nigel Featham and North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness.

GO NORTH EAST SETS NEW STANDARDS WITH REAL LIVING WAGE ACCREDITATION

Go North East, one of the region’s largest employers, has achieved Living Wage Foundation accreditation, cementing its commitment to fair pay. The Real Living Wage, calculated independently, exceeds the government’s minimum and reflects the actual cost of living. The North East’s Mayor, Kim McGuinness, presented Go North East with their accreditation, praising the company’s role in raising...

Go North East bus drivers pictured from L to R: Lorraine Petch (Sunderland), Robert Hamilton (Hexham), Charlotte Godfrey (Washington), Anthony Garrity (Riverside), Sharon Gray (Consett) and Christopher Walker (Percy Main)

Meet The Spookiest Bus Drivers In The North East

Bus drivers from Go North East embraced the Halloween spirit with a visit to one of the region’s most haunted castles, Lumley Castle near Chester-le-Street, County Durham.

(Pictured from left to right: Go North East driver – Paul Frazer, Ashby with puppy raiser Audrey, Viva with puppy raiser Marie, Harvey with puppy raiser Paul and Esmay with puppy raiser Mark)

GO NORTH EAST BACKS GUIDE DOG TRAINING WITH FREE TRAVEL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Go North East is proud to announce a new partnership with Guide Dogs in Newcastle, offering free bus travel to volunteer puppy raisers who play a vital role in training the next generation of life-changing guide dogs. These volunteers can now travel for free across the Go North East network by presenting their Guide Dogs ID pass, allowing puppies to practice essential skills on public transport.

Extra Capacity Durham Student Buses

Extra Capacity for Durham Student Buses

To make students' journeys to school and college easier this term, Go North East is increasing capacity by adding extra buses to several busy morning routes into Durham city centre, starting on 30 September 2024.

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has brought together public transport operators to launch a region-wide Kids Go Free offer during school holidays.

Mayor announces Kids Go Free on public transport

Bus operator Go North East will now offer free travel for up to three children aged 11 and under, when travelling with an adult with a valid ticket or concessionary pass holder during school holidays over the next year.

Go North East Announces Major Service Enhancements

Go North East Announces Major Service Enhancements

Go North East, the region’s leading bus company, is thrilled to announce a series of significant improvements to bus services across the region. Funded through the North East Combined Authority’s (NECA) Bus Service Improvement Plan, these enhancements, effective from Sunday, July 21, 2024, will boost connectivity, increase frequency, and provide more reliable services for customers.

Pictured from left to right: Laura Sharp, Peter Lotts, Performing Arts Students from New College Durham, The Cheesy Waffles Project, Ian Younghusband, Vonni Hardman, Lizzie Lovejoy, Sam Slatcher and Olivia Temple

GET YOUR BUM ON BOARD FOR DURHAM FRINGE FESTIVAL 2024

With just two weeks until Durham Fringe Festival 2024 kicks off in and around Durham’s City Centre, lively festival performers have teamed up with Go North East to promote their shows and encourage sustainable travel to the event.

Go North East proudly sponsor Durham Cricket's Visually Impaired Team

Go North East sponsor Durham Cricket's Visually Impaired Team

Go North East is delighted to announce the continuation of its partnership with Durham Cricket as the front-of-shirt sponsor of their Visually Impaired team until 2025.
First founded in June 2007, Durham’s Visually Impaired Cricket Team now plays in the England and Wales Cricket Board Development League, against 11 other teams.
Visually Impaired (VI) cricket is a specially adapted version o

Go North East plans to recruit more women drivers, aiming for 50% gender equality by 2035

Go North East plans to recruit more women drivers, aiming for 50% gender equality by 2035

Go North East supports a nationwide campaign to achieve 50% gender equality by 2035 The campaign is a joint effort for parent company, The Go-Ahead Group and all its bus companies The Group plans to invest £8 million to create inclusive environments and training opportunities New recruits will receive eight weeks of fully paid training estimated to be an investment of £7.5 million in total

(L-R) Alison Clark Durham 2025 bid director; Tony Harrington chair of Culture Durham; Sally Dixon assistant director of partnerships and communications Beamish Museum; Stephen King commercial director at GNE; Martijn Gilbert managing director at GNE

Businesses get on board County Durham’s UK City of Culture 2025 bid

One business that has gone the extra mile is Go North East, which has wrapped one of its buses with Durham 2025 branding. Featuring bright colours and an eye-catching design, the bus will help to spread the word about the bid across County Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle.

Martijn Gilbert managing director at Go North East (left) and Cllr Martin Gannon leader of Gateshead Council and chair of the North East Joint Transport Committee (right)

Better bus fares launched across Gateshead borough and beyond to encourage more people to use clean and safe buses as the region recovers

Go North East has launched a new blanket fare offer for those travelling around Gateshead with a headline maximum single fare of just £1.70 for any journey, and other offers across the region, as part of its summer savings fares campaign.
It also hopes to extend them longer term if the take up is good enough and more people get on board the region’s buses.
The offers follow the success of Go

Summer saving fares to make getting on Go North East buses an even better option

Summer saving fares to make getting on Go North East buses an even better option

From Monday 2 August, following the success of its £1 evening fare offer, Go North East will be introducing a range of summer saving fares to help people’s money go further and get more people back on board buses, in an effort to boost the region’s local economy.
The ticket offers are designed to offer a range of very simple headline fares with easy-to-understand fare zones that match borough a

Go North East celebrates its green credentials on Clean Air Day

Go North East celebrates its green credentials on Clean Air Day

​It’s Clean Air Day today (17 June), and Go North East is celebrating its commitment and contribution to improving the region’s air quality and repeating its reassurance that bus travel is safe, clean and essential to reducing congestion and air pollution.

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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

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NE8 2UA Gateshead