Date has been confirmed by staff at Whitly Bay for Metrocentre to be held on the 25th July 

Other events are

Bishop Auckland Market Place is the 15th August and Seaburn being the 30th August

Martijn has mentioned in his latest live update, that changes are due in September 2021... I would imagine these are school service changes and any routes which interwork with them.


No further information at the minute!

I believe NSAs have been recorded for every service? Does that mean every service will have NSAs fitted in the near future? Little Coasters won't get new buses as they don't go into Newcastle, but not sure if the 74 is getting new buses or just emission mods?

For July 2021

For July 2021

For July 2021

Sunday 4 July 2021: Routes 93, 94, Q1 and Q2 – Great North 10k run in Gateshead

The 2021 Great North 10k run in Gateshead will be taking place on Sunday 4 July 2021. Due to various road closures associated with the event between 4am and 3pm on the day, 

Go North East services 93, 94, Q1 and Q2 will divert as follows:

Service 93: Towards Heworth divert after Gateshead Interchange along Western Central Route, A184 Charles Street, Park Lane, Park Road, Felling-by-pass, re-joining normal route at Old Fold Road.

Service 94: Towards Gateshead divert after Old Fold Road along Felling-by-pass, A184 Park Road, Park Lane, Charles Street, Western Central Route to Gateshead Interchange.

Stops along Neilson Road, Saltmeadows Road and Hawks Road will be unobserved during this period.

Service Q1: Towards Newcastle divert after Gateshead Interchange along Western Central Route, Askew Road, Tyne Bridge, Pilgrim Street, re-joining normal route at Market Street

Service Q2: Towards Gateshead divert after Grey Street along, Mosely Street, Tyne Bridge, Lambton Street, Western Central Route, re-joining normal route at Gateshead Interchange

Stops along Gateshead Quays on Hawks Road, Mill Road, South Shore Road, Hillgate, St Marys Square (The Sage) and Quayside Guildhall will be unobserved during this period

A bus I've always thought Arriva up here should own is Mercedes-Benz Citaro. Arriva up here seem to be mostly Enviros Streetlites Pulsar & Solos

Other buses Like Solo Sr, Optare Versa, Plaxton President

Surprised, but we don't seem to have a Transpennine Express thread!

Anyhow, much like LNER, TPE are consulting on their proposed timetable changes. 

From a North East perspective, the proposals would include an hourly service to/from Chester-le-Street, as oppose to the infrequent timetable at present, but Northallerton seem to lose the half hourly service, replaced by a train every two hours.

More here: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/about-us/our...nsultation

Go North East are promoting the Go Ahead Bus Satisfaction Survey. See here: https://www.facebook.com/simplyGNE/posts...2713185710

For those not on Facebook, you can complete the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3Z7MYF5...PdTsCN8uEQ