Service changes from 24 July
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.
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.
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.