Two engineers from Go North East have been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award after dedicating more than a century between them to the company. Billy Cummings and John Jackson have both worked for the bus operator for 52 years. Billy and John received Lifetime Achievement Awards as part of Go North East’s annual Go.B.E. Awards which celebrates colleagues across the business.
Go North East are delighted to announce they will continue as the front-of-shirt sponsor for the Durham Visually Impaired (VI) Cricket Team for a fourth consecutive year.
The team is the county’s only visually impaired cricket team, made up players with partial or total sight loss who compete in ECB competitions and welcome players of any age or experience.
Players use adapted equipment and
Go North East is celebrating after two of the company’s drivers made the top ten at the National Bus Driver of the Year competition, held in Blackpool at the weekend.
The annual National Bus Driver of the Year competition is designed to recognise the skill, professionalism, and customer service excellence of drivers across the country.
Dawid Zochowski took fourth place out of more than 100 d
Go North East has added story prompts to buses across the region, as part of a campaign to reverse the decline in reading for pleasure and boost children’s literacy levels in the North East, where 1 in 5 children aged 5 to 8 don't have a book of their own at home.
The creative story prompts can be found on the back of seats on some of the region’s busiest bus routes and aim to get families and
Go North East has added story prompts to buses across the region, as part of a campaign to reverse the decline in reading for pleasure.
Go North East is launching the Tide Tour, an open top bus service running from Tynemouth to Whitley Bay. The service, which will operate over the summer, has been funded by the North East Mayor Kim McGuinness as part of her commitment to making travel more affordable and accessible across the region.
The Tide Tour will stop at all the North Tyneside coast’s most popular attractions and destinat
To mark Armed Forces Day, Go North East is offering free bus travel for veterans, cadets and serving members of the armed forces on 27 and 28 June.
Since Go North East introduced new electric buses to their fleet in January, 1.5 million journeys have been taken on the zero emission vehicles, saving more than 500 tonnes of carbon emissions from polluting the atmosphere.
The amount of carbon emissions saved weighs as much as 40 double-decker electric buses or more than double the weight of the Angel of the North, the inspiration for the ope
Go North East has announced the Toon Tour, its open-top sightseeing bus around Newcastle, is back in service this weekend.
Go North East is introducing major improvements to their X1 service.
Go North East’s X75 service connects Newcastle city centre and Ponteland with Belsay Hall, Bolam Lake, and Wallington, giving passengers the opportunity to escape the city and explore Northumberland.
Bus service from Great Park to be in place for next home game
A trial for a matchday Park and Ride bus service between Newcastle Great Park and St. James’ Park is taking place this Saturday, when Newcastle United take on Brighton & Hove Albion.
The trial service, operated by Go North East, is the result of feedback shared with the club during a Sustainable Travel Workshop for Toon fans.
Bus service from Great Park to be in place for next home game
Go North East’s four single-decker buses are the first Enviro200EVs to be manufactured by Alexander Dennis.
The buses are now in service, electrifying Go North East’s X66 route between Gateshead Interchange and the Metrocentre, one of the UK’s largest shopping centres. The service carried more than 900,000 passengers in 2025.
The 37-seater buses were fully built at the Alexander Dennis fac
Four new single-decker electric buses will be hitting the roads today (Wednesday 15 April), electrifying Go North East’s X66 route between Gateshead and the Metrocentre which carried more than 900,000 passengers last year.
The buses are part of a £17 million joint investment from Go North East, the North East Combined Authority and the Department for Transport. Thanks to this investment, Go No
Go North East is calling for the next generation of engineers to apply for its industry leading apprenticeship programme.
On Wednesday, Go North East transformed the Utilita Arena Newcastle into a concert venue with a difference, launching 29 brand-new electric buses in an event unlike anything the region has seen before as part of North East Mayor Kim McGuinness’ drive to create a world class public transport system.
Backed by a £17 million joint investment from Go North East, the North East Combined Authority an
Sophia Garrett from Rickleton Primary School in Washington has been announced as the winner of Go North East’s ‘letter to Santa competition’.
Go North East’s Santa Bus is returning for 2025 and this year the bus operator is offering children around the region the chance to win a very special experience – an exclusive visit from their Santa Bus.
Go North East is offering free travel on all services for veterans and current members of the armed forces on Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day.
