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  • Go North East operates 30 coaches for National Express

    Go North East commended for engineering excellence

    Significant investment into its award-winning employee training schemes combined with an injection of over £10million into new vehicles, technology and equipment has driven engineering improvements at Go North East, to achieve the highest standard available from the National Express Operator Awards in relation to its coach fleet.

  • The severe weather proved challenging

    High praise from customers after North East’s severe weather

    As the Beast from the East - and its later ‘mini’ successor, inflicted disruption upon the region’s roads during February and March, Go North East customers commended the award-winning company for pulling out the stops to keep its buses moving.

  • Shirley Connell was awarded the Leadership accolade at the Team GNE Awards

    Go North East celebrates its inspiring women

    As the UK welcomes International Women’s Day today (Thursday 8 March), Go North East celebrates inspiring females within its business who are making an exceptional contribution to the delivery of service to customers.

  • Go North East engineering apprentice Jak Watson

    Lucky seven needed to embark on engineering careers

    This National Apprenticeship Week (5-9 March 2018), the region’s biggest bus company, Go North East is calling out to aspiring young engineers with a thirst for knowledge and the drive to develop hands-on skills to apply for seven coveted spaces on its award-winning apprenticeship scheme.

  • Driver Dennis Crighton received a special commendation for Excellence in Customer Service at the Team GNE Awards 2017

    Go North East celebrates its star people

    Apprentices, drivers, engineers, customer service professionals, managers and more from Go North East came together recently, as the region’s third largest employer celebrated excellence within its 2,100-strong team at its annual Team GNE Awards.

  • Kevin Carr Managing Director of Go North East with Director of Business Development at Gateshead College, Ivan Jepson

    Top 100 apprenticeship employer accolade for Go North East

    The region’s biggest bus company, Go North East has been named in the prestigious Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer list for its unique bus and coach engineering apprenticeship, developed in partnership with Gateshead College.

  • Go North East appoints two new directors

    Go North East appoints two new directors

    ​The region’s largest bus operator, Go North East, has appointed Stephen King into the new role of Commercial Director and Gary Edmundson as its new Operations Director.

  • The new Angel 21 bus next to the iconic Angel of the North - which is 20 this year.

    £4.5million boost for popular Angel bus service

    As the Angel of the North gets set to celebrate 20 years on Tyneside this February, Go North East has spent £4.5million on 19 bigger and greener double-deck buses for its namesake Newcastle to Chester-le-Street service.

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