Go North East has announced major improvements to the Tyne Valley Ten and Angel 21 bus services, beginning 1 September 2024. These changes, made possible through the region's Bus Service Improvement Plan, will offer more frequent buses and increased capacity on these popular routes.
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.
Go North East announces taking over Arriva's North Tyneside Services from 3 September.
Following on from the consultation we held in May, we can now confirm final plans for our service changes which will come into effect from 24 July.
Almost 9,000 people completed our service changes consultation, and we're now able to provide an update on our proposed changes.
Thanks to our ongoing recruitment efforts, we’re happy to confirm that our X-lines X1 service will return to normal from Sunday 27 March.
We will be implementing some service changes to better match service capacity to long-term demand expectations.
From Monday 14 March, following customer feedback, we will be making minor changes to the capacity and times of services X85 and 687.
From 30 January, we will be implementing some service changes to better match service capacity to long-term demand expectations, and continuing our work to adjust schedules in response to new traffic congestion issues.
From Saturday 16 January, we will be making some temporary changes to our services in light of the government’s latest COVID restrictions.
Almost all our services are running to their normal timetables, so we’re here when you need us during the national lockdown. However, we are making minor changes to a small number of evening and seasonal services which are not required during the lockdown.
From Saturday 31 October, we'll be increasing some services further and making changes to a small number of others.
We'll be making further changes to help support local shops, businesses, leisure venues, schools and colleges.
From Saturday 4 July, we’ll be increasing our weekend services, whilst also maintaining the early morning key worker journeys we’ve been running, to help support the opening of more shops, pubs and some leisure businesses.
At these unprecedented times, the region’s largest bus company, Go North East, are working hard to maintain services but customer demand and available resources are significantly reducing, so from Monday 23 March the bus operator will still be running routes but to Sunday frequencies.
From 26 January, the X-lines X21 service will be improved to run every 15 minutes between Durham, Chester-le-Street and Newcastle.
There will be changes to some Go North East bus services from 26 January 2020. Big improvements to X-lines X21 with buses running every 15 minutes between Durham and Newcastle. A new 311 service will be introduced, running every 20 minutes between Hadrian Park, High Farm, Coast Road and Newcastle.
Durham County Council are working on partially closing Stanley Bus Station after 6pm to try and reduce anti-social behaviour.
We'll be making changes to a small number of services from Sunday 27 October.
Following feedback from customers regarding the times of journeys on an evening, journeys on services 6, 6A, X30 and X31 after approximately 7pm will change times, to provide improved connections with other services and better journeys home for shift workers.
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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