Service changes from Sunday 26 March

From Sunday 26 March, we will introduce some service changes in Gateshead, North Tyneside and County Durham.

These changes are summarised below:

 

Coaster 1

• This service will be extended from Gateshead to Metrocentre, serving Bensham, Lobley Hill, Whickham, Fellside Park and Swalwell, up to every 20 minutes, to replace service 97.
• Due to low passenger numbers, journeys on an evening which operate with funding from Nexus have been reduced to hourly, better reflecting demand.
• View new timetable
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Service 19

• Our final day of operation will be Saturday 25 March, as we have lost the contract to operate this service to Gateshead Central Taxis.
• Go North East tickets and passes will be valid until Sunday 30 April to allow a period of transition to the new operator of this service
• Go to nexus.org.uk for more details

 

Prince Bishops 20 & 20A

• There will be minor changes to the timetable to improve reliability.
• View new timetable
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Service 41 & 41A

• Nexus currently provides funding for service 41 & 41A to be extended from Hadrian Park to Howdon.
• Due to low passenger numbers, Nexus has withdrawn this funding.
• As such, services 41 & 41A will revert back to operating between Wallsend and Hadrian Park only.
• View new timetable
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East Gateshead Rider 58

• There will be minor changes to the timetable on weekday mornings.
• View new timetable
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East Durham Explorer 65

• In September, we reduced the timetable of this service to hourly, due to our shortage of bus drivers.
• We are delighted to announce that our staffing position has greatly improved and fewer than 1% of journeys are now being cancelled at short notice.
• As such, we will restore the frequency of this service to operate half-hourly again.
• An improved timetable will be implemented to ensure better reliability, and we have plans to introduce some bigger buses to ease overcrowding issues at college times.
• View new timetable
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Service 71

• Our final day of operation will be Saturday 25 March, as we have lost the contract to operate this service to Gateshead Central Taxis.
• Go North East tickets and passes will not be valid on the service operated by Gateshead Central Taxis from Sunday 26 March, but passengers travelling between Chester-le-Street and Great Lumley/Woodstone Village can use Go North East service 78 instead, and passengers travelling between Fence Houses and Houghton-le-Spring can use Go North East service 4.
• Go to durham.gov.uk for more details
• View service 4 timetable
• View service 78 timetable

 

Service 96

• Journeys on a Sunday daytime will be re-timed by up to 8 minutes.
• View new timetable

 

Green Arrow 97

• Buses will continue to operate up to every 20 minutes during the day, as they do now, from Newcastle to Metrocentre, serving Gateshead, Bensham, Lobley Hill, Whickham, Fellside Park and Swalwell, but will now be numbered service 1.
• The route into Newcastle City Centre from Gateshead will change, operating across the Redheugh Bridge and serving Central Station, before Market Street.
• View new service 1 timetable
• Download service 1 PDF timetable

 

Cobalt & Coast 309, 310 & 311

• New service 307 will replace services 310 & 311, running between Newcastle and North Shields, serving Coast Road, High Farm, Battle Hill, Hadrian Park, and Cobalt South.
• Service 309 will additionally run via High Farm.
• An improved timetable will be implemented which will co-ordinate with Arriva’s 306 & 308 services, to provide a bus up to every 5 minutes along the Coast Road, and up to every 10 minutes between Blyth and North Tyneside Hospital.
• Joint ticket acceptance has been agreed between Go North East and Arriva, so that you can use your ticket on any bus regardless of who runs it – this means that if you buy a return ticket with us on a morning, you can travel home on an Arriva bus on a night, and vice versa!
• View new timetable for Arriva North East 308 & Go North East 309
• View new timetable for Arriva North East 306 & Go North East 307
• Download new PDF timetable for 306, 307, 308 & 309
• Download new PDF timetable for X39

 

Quaycity VOLTRA Q3

• To better reflect passenger demand, this service will be revised to operate every 20 minutes off-peak.
• At peak times on weekdays, extra journeys will run to ensure there is sufficient capacity at busier times.
• A simplified route will operate in Great Park, with all journeys from Newcastle running via Roseden Way, Great Park Community Centre, Wagonway Drive, Sage and Park & Ride.to Sir Bobby Robson Way, where they will terminate at Esh Plaza. Buses towards Newcastle will start from Esh Plaza and run via Park & Ride, Sage, Wagonway Drive, Great Park Community Centre, Roseden Way, meaning that they will always stop on the same side of the road. The pair of bus stops on Brunton Lane near Great Parkway will no longer be served.
• To improve reliability, there will be a change to the route of this service in Newcastle for journeys towards St Peter's Basin & Wallsend. All journeys will operate via John Dobson Street, Market Street and Grey Street, omitting St Mary's Place, St Andrew's Church and Newgate Street. 
• View new timetable
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