Sunday and evening journeys would be revised to operate between Chester-le-Street and Stanley only.Įvening service would be revised to operate hourly. Brady Square would now instead by served by the revised 84/85. The service would operate to Teal Farm on all journeys. Plea to bring back Newcastle's public toilets – a decade on from council's spending cut closures.Newcastle Clean Air Zone tolls postponed as businesses express 'huge relief' at delay to £50-a-day pollution charge.The service would operate via Calf Close Lane in Jarrow instead of Kirkstone Avenue, with Kirkstone Avenue instead being served by service 26. The 2:06am journey from Houghton-le-Spring will now only run from Concord at 2.37am. Additional journeys between Heworth and Follingsby would operate on East Gateshead Rider 58, providing a bus up to every 7 to 8 minutes on this section of the route. We are working closely with local authorities on any possible replacement options, noting budget challenges.”įrequency revised to every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes and every 30 minutes on Sundays. No specific cuts have been listed, but Go North East said: “There are some journeys, particularly early morning, in the evening and on Sundays which do not carry enough customers to cover the costs of operating them. It is proposed that this service would extend once per hour on Monday to Saturday daytimes to Eighton Banks via Low Fell, Harlow Green and Wrekenton, partially replacing service 25. X70 will be withdrawn, but will X71 and X72 continue to operate on the same route as now. Delay to Newcastle Clean Air Zone tolls was inevitable – but the pollution crisis isn't going away.Heritage organisation fears rise of skyscrapers could 'ruin' Newcastle's amazing architecture.Customers travelling from Bridgehill will still be able to travel to Consett and Newcastle on Red Kite Ranger 47, which would now see all journeys running via Bridgehill, providing a service up to every 30 minutes. X45 would continue to operate every 30 minutes between Consett and Newcastle, coordinating with Red Kite Ranger 47 between Rowlands Gill and Newcastle to provide a bus every 15 minutes on this section of route. Extra journeys would operate at peak times on Monday to Friday, maintaining a 20-minute service at the busiest times of day.
The service would be revised to operate every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, once per hour as service X30 and once per hour as service X31. This service, suspended during the Covid pandemic, will not return “due to reduced demand”. Customers travelling between Sunderland and Durham on Sundays would still be able to travel by using Prince Bishops service 20.ĭue to “low passenger numbers” travelling to and from the Eden Garage in West Auckland, this service would now be revised to terminate and start from West Auckland Club. We propose that the Sunday service would operate between Durham and Langley Park only.
Martjin Gilbert, MD of Go North East, with one of its Voltra buses (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) Sunday frequency on this service will be revised from once an hour to every two hours. Go North East said that some journeys on the route “do not carry enough customers to cover the costs of operating them”. The service to Bridgehill and Shotley Bridge Hospital would be replaced by Red Kite Ranger 47. This service would now operate to Castleside, replacing service 78, instead of running to Shotley Bridge. Read More: New blow for North East bus passengers as operator reveals cuts to dozens more routes across region
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Below is the full list of every route affected. It comes after previous cutbacks in Newcastle and North Tyneside earlier this year.Īn online consultation on the cuts will run until May 31, while the final changes are due to be imposed from July 24 after passengers' feedback is assessed. The company outlined plans for major changes in County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland, South Tyneside, and parts of the Tyne Valley in Northumberland. Bus operator Go North East announced on Monday afternoon that it is proposing reductions to dozens of its services across the region.
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