The region’s largest bus company, Go North East, has been shortlisted in two national awards, recognising its commitment to green technology and industry-leading training and recruitment.
The award-winning bus operator will be going for gold at this year’s routeone Awards, in the Large Bus Operator of the Year and Operator Training categories.
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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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