Go North East

Parent	Go-Ahead Group
Founded	1883 (as The Northern General Transport Company)
Headquarters	117 Queen Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 2UA
Service area	Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham
Service type	Mainly urban bus services
Fleet	695
Web site	www.simplygo.com

Go North East is the largest operator of bus services in North East England, United Kingdom. Go North East operates services in the counties of Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland. The company operates through two divisions; 'North Division' (Go North East Ltd.) and 'South Division' (Go Northern Ltd.) and was previously known as The Northern General Transport Company and Go-Ahead Northern, the company which grew into the modern Go-Ahead Group. The company operates a modern fleet of around 700 buses, most of which are have low floors for disabled access.^[1] The first serious trial of low floor buses in the UK outside of London was operated from the Percy Main Depot in North Tyneside.

Go North East's headquarters and central engineering department are based at separate locations in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.^[2]

Operations

North Division

A Scania L94UB/Wright Solar in the Fab Fifty Six livery

The North Division (Go North East Ltd.) operate services from five depots in three counties. The division operates many trunk services as well as local services around Gateshead, North Tyneside, West Durham and Southern Northumberland.

Depots are located at:^[2]

• Sunderland Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear - 'Sunderland Road'
• Saltmeadows Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear - 'Saltmeadows'
• Rothbury Terrace, Percy Main, Tyne and Wear - 'Percy Main'
• Cromwell Place, Winlaton, Tyne and Wear - 'Winlaton'
• Tyne Green Lane, Hexham, Northumberland - 'Hexham' formerly Arriva.

South Division

A Go North East VDL SB120/Wright Cadet in the old livery still used on some buses

The South Division (Go Northern Ltd.) operates services from four depots in two counties. The division operates many trunk services as well as local services around Sunderland, County Durham and South Tyneside as well as providing National Express services.

Depots are located at:^[2]

• Picktree Lane, Chester-le-Street, County Durham - 'Chester-le-Street'
• Deptford Terrace, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - 'Deptford'
• Industrial Road, Hertburn Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear - 'Washington'
• High Street, Stanley, County Durham - 'Stanley'
• Cook Way, North West Industrial Estate, Peterlee, County Durham - 'Peterlee'

Former depots

A Mercedes-Benz Citaro in Silver Arrows livery

• Strothers Road, High Spen, Tyne and Wear - 'High Spen'
• Jarrow Bus Station, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear - 'Jarrow' (Merged with South Shields)
• Park Lane, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - 'Park Lane' (Merged with Philadelphia and moved to Deptford)
• Philadelphia, Tyne and Wear - 'Philadelphia' (Merged with Park Lane and moved to Deptford)
• Lady's Walk, South Shields, Tyne and Wear - 'South Shields' (Merged with Deptford)
• Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, County Durham - 'Bishop Auckland' (Sold to Arriva, flagsip services transferred to Chester-le-Street)
• Unit 7 Jubilee Industrial Estate, Ashington , Northumberland (Sold to Arriva in exchange for Hexham Depot)
• Consett, Consett, County Durham (Merged with Stanley depot)

Route branding

Since 2006, Go North East have been 'branding' services. This involves giving each service or group of services its own management, staff, vehicles and identity. Most branded services have bold eye-catching liveries, their own logo and many are quite unique and special to the areas they serve. For example, brands such as Coaster celebrate the award winning coastline North Tyneside has to offer, while brands such as Red Kite celebrate the diverse wildlife their respective routes serve. The Cobalt Clipper, Doxford Clipper and the Team Valley Clipper brands are for services which provide frequent links to major areas of employment using distinctive and easily recognisable designs to welcome passengers aboard. All buses still carry Go North East fleet names in addition to these new 'brandings' as well as either Go North East or Go Northern legal lettering.

Current network

The list below shows the brands currently used^[3]

Full fleet information can be found on Go North East's own website[1].

Go North East also uses the brand Yellow Bus for its Special Services Vehicles and the Brand Northern as its Standard Fleet Livery.

Network restructuring

During restructuring of the service network Go North East has withdrawn a number of their branded services, these are listed below.

• Kingfisher

  From 30 October changes will be made to these services, the brand will also change to "Pulse" where they will use Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown]] (Dual Door) instead the MPD.

• Show Stopper

  From 31 July - Service 9 will operate back to North Shields. The service will use temporary branded Scania vehicles and will move to Percy Main depot. The 26 and 99 will now use the 'Show Stopper' brand, these will now use East Lancs Vykin's along with the tridents, it will sport a new "Showstopper" Brand.

• The Lambton Worm:Service 71. Operated from Chester-le-Street, initially with Marshall Darts, the service was branded and then operated with Plaxton SPD's. Following cuts to Durham County Council transport budgets, the late evening and Sunday services were axed. Branded buses had already been sold off by Go North East prior to these cuts. The brand was quietly dropped in May 2011, although daytime services have been operated by a mixture of older buses from the depot such as: Caetano Compass, yellow SB220's and also Double Deck Yellow Buses. This service is ran by Deptford depot now, it will use Dart/Caetanos.

• Twenty One, 24 hour service

  Service 21, operated from Chester-le-Street with Scania L94UB/Wright Solar, Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini, Dennis Trident 2/East Lancs Lolyne, Dennis Trident 2/Plaxton President all in the new Go North East standard livery, with 'Twenty One, 24 hour service' logo applied. The service ran from 1 October 2006 until 28 July 2007 when the service was replaced by 'The Angel'.

• Stanley Shuttle

  Services 40, 43, 43A, 43B and 44 were temporarily branded, with vehicles, operated from Stanley, wearing standard fleet liveries with Stanley Shuttle logos applied. Services uses a variety of Dennis Dart SLF's. The brand operated from August 2006 until 25 February 2007 when it was replaced by 'The Diamond'.

• Thirty

  Service 30, operated by Deptford with MPDs in standard livery with logos applied between 11 December 2006 and 4 June 2007 when it was replaced by a reworked 210 formally operated by Jayline.

• The Centurion

  Services 305, 315/316 and 325/326 operated from Percy Main using Dennis Dart MPD, Dennis Dart SPD and Dennis Lance SLF/Wright Pathfinder 320 in standard livery with logos applied. Services operated like this until 29 March 2008 when service 305 was replaced by 'Wallsend Links' and 'Citylink', services 315/316 were renumbered 75/76 and gained a new red based livery and refreshed 'The Centurion' brand. Services 325/326 were renumbered 85/86 and, although part of the new 'The Centurion' brand still use Dennis Lance SLFs in old livery, which have been used on these services since 1994 (Now withdrawn due to old age. 'The Centurion' now uses red Mercedez Benz Citaros due for delivery soon to percy main for services 75,76 which will replace the DAF SB120/Wright Cadet which have been painted maroon and branded 'The Crusader' 27 service while the Caetano Compass will be in red blue and yellow with centurion logos on them for services 85,86. The Brand is Withdrawn and Replaced by Cobalt Clipper Service 310 and North Tyne Links 85,86

• Pink Panthers

  First used on a fleet of Optare Solos from Chester-le-Street to operate new service D4 in Durham starting 2 October 2006. The service was unsuccessful and withdrawn on 31 December 2006. The small fleet of pink Solos were sent to Percy Main, a big user of the type at the time, and were pressed into service on services 321 and 322 from 13 January 2007. This arrangement lasted until 26 March 2007 when the North Tyneside service network was rearranged with services 307 and 319 gaining the Pink Panther brand. On 30 March 2008 More changes were made to North Tyneside's services and the brand was transferred to new service 81. The service now uses branded MPDs. The Service was later renumbered 17 and will be extended to Whitley Bay.

• Prince Bishops Swift

  Service X20, operating from Deptford. The service used 'Dual Purpose' versions on the vehicles used in the 'Prince Bishops' service and livery was broadly similar. On 25 May 2008 the service was reworked as the peak time only 20X as part of the main Prince Bishops brand. Vehicles were adjusted to suit this and used on an increased service 20.

• Park and Ride

  As part of an experiment using the Metro Centre Coach Park, CentreLink Road and two pale blue Optare Solos to ease congestion on the Tyne crossings. The service was operated from Winlaton and ceased on 14 September 2008, with alternative facilities offered on 'Ten'.

• The Drifter

  Services 60, 61 and 62 operating from Deptford with Dennis Dart SLF/Marshall Capitals. On 22 February 2009 service 61 began operating with modified branding on VDL SB120/Wright Cadets. On the same day service 62 was renumbered 162 and gained new 'East Durham' branding on MPDs. From 27 July 2009 service 60 gained a refreshed brand on Optare Versas. Service 60 uses a newer brand on the same base colour as service 61.

• East Durham

  Services around Peterlee formally operated by Jayline. Operated for a time under the 'Go North East Jayline' name before being branded 'East Durham'. Services 162, 201, 203, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 232, 233, 238, 246, 250, 251 and 908 were all part of the brand until 31 May 2009.

• Saltwell Park

  Services 53 and 54 operated by Super Pointer Darts in new corporate livery with 'Saltwell Park' logos. From 13 July 2009 the service gained a refreshed brand on Optare Versas. Service remained unchanged.

• Bargain Express

  Service X41 operated by a coach Volvo B10M/Plaxton Paragon is being withdrawn due to low passenger numbers and the funding from the government.

• Magic Roundabout

  Service 33 was replaced by improved service 35 between Silksworth, Barnes Park and Sunderland City Centre. Service 42 is now a free standing route operating a new circular route around the City Centre and using bigger buses.

• Cross Tyne

  Route from Sunderland to North Tyneside on services 9/9A split into services 9 from Sunderland to Jarrow and services 59/59A from Jarrow cross Tyne to Wallsend and North Shields. Services 59/59A then replaced by new Veolia service 319 operating between Jarrow and Percy Main Metro only.now the 319 has been withdrawn and replaced by the 9

• Bargain Bus

  114, 308, X42, X43, X44, X45 - Service passed to Arriva when Go North East sold their Ashington depot to Arriva in exchange for the Hexham depot.

• South Tyne

  Services 57A and 57B were replaced by new service 5, improved service 88 Between South Shields and South Leam. re-routed Black Cats 26 between Boldon Asda and Heworth Metro, and improved Stagecoach in South Shields service X20.Now the 88 runs to lukes lane with new service 88A

• The Crusader

  Service 27A was withdrawn and replaced with an improved service 27 along a revised route via Hebburn Shops and Hedgeley Road.

• Red Arrows

  Service X2 was replaced by improved Lime 8 between Sunderland and Washington and improved Red Arrow X1 between Washington and Newcastle due to the low passenger numbers travelling across Washington on service X2. Service X3 was replaced by improved MetroLink M1 between Houghton-le-Spring and Washington and Red Arrow X1 between Washington and Newcastle. Biddick Woods, previously served by Red Arrow X3, is now served by the Connect service 37.

• Doxford Clipper

  Doxford Clipper 29/29A/39A were withdrawn from 25 October 2009 to leave a single Doxford Clipper 39 running every 20 minutes between Doxford International and Pennywell. The route around the North Sunderland Estates was replaced by new Black Cats 36A/36C.

• Black Cats

  Black Cats 36 was withdrawn from 25 October 2010 as a part of the Sunderland network restructuring. In addition, Black Cats 26 was curtailed to operate between Heworth and Sunderland only. The route between Sunderland and Pennywell was replaced by a revised Doxford Clipper 39 and the route between Sunderland and Witherwack was replaced by new Black Cats 36A/36C. This Brand was Dropped on 31 July due to changes to the 26,36A/36C. 26 now uses Showstopper brand and 36A/36C was replaced by new service 99, under the same brand as 26.

• Wallsend Links

  Wallsend Links will be rebranded as North Tyne Links

Night Buses

Go North East operate a number of night bus services (with an 'N' prefix) throughout the region. Night Buses are often based on the daytime equivalent of a particular service but sometimes slightly revised to serve as many areas as possible. Night Buses have their own dedicated tickets, and no other tickets or passes are valid for travel on these services.^[4]

Below is a list of all night services and the areas they serve:

Brand Name	Image	Service Number(s)	Vehicle Type(s)	Depot	Emissions standard
angel		21 • 24/24A	Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Vyking (Dual Door 24/24A) Dennis Trident 2/Plaxton President (21)	Chester-le-Street	Euro 3
Blaydon Racers		49 • 49A • 49B • 49C	Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown (Dual Door)	Winlaton	Euro 3
CentreLink (To Be Rebranded as Route 66 soon and use the ex London Bendy Mercedez Benz Citaros)		X66	Scania L94UA/Wright Solar Fusion (Dual Door)	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
CityLink (To Be used by ex London Bendy Mercedez Benz Citaros soon)		58 • [N58]	Mercedes-Benz Citaro	Sunderland Road	Euro 5
Coaster		1	Scania OmniCity	Percy Main	Euro 4
Cobalt Clipper		309 • 310	Scania OmniCity Mercedes-Benz Citaro	Percy Main	Euro 5
Crusader (To Use Volvo Wright Renowns from The Diamond soon)		27	VDL SB120/Wright Cadet	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
Doxford Cilpper		39	Dennis Dart MPD/Plaxton Pointer	Deptford	Euro 3
Drifter		60 • 61	Optare Versa (60) VDL SB120/Wright Cadet (61)	Deptford	Euro 4
East Durham		201 202 203 206 207 209 • 210 259 • 262 260 • 261 923	Dennis Dart MPD/Plaxton Pointer	Peterlee	Euro 3
Fab Fifty Seven		57	Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown (Dual Door)	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
Fab Fifty Six		56 • [N56]	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Deptford	Euro 3
Fast Cats		X35	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Deptford	Euro 3
Highwayman		95 • 95A 96 • 96A 97 • [N97] 98 • 98A	Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown Volvo SB120/Wright Merit	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
Laser		35	Mercedes-Benz Citaro Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Deptford	Euro 5
Lime		8 • 78 • 78A	Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown	Chester-le-Street Stanley	Euro 2
MetroLink		M1 922	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Washington	Euro 3
North Tyne Links		40 • 41 80 85 • 86	Dennis Dart MPD/Plaxton Pointer	Percy Main	Euro 3
Prince Bishops		20 • [N20]	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Deptford	Euro 3
Pronto		X20/X21	Volvo B7TL /Plaxton President	Crook (Sharing with Weardale)	Euro 3
Pulse		69 • 69A	Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown (Dual Door)	Winlaton	Euro 3
QuayLink		Q1 • Q2	Optare Versa	Saltmeadows	Euro 5
Red Arrows		X1 921/X3	Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini (X1,921) Mercedes-Benz Citaro (X1, 921 X3)	Washington (X1, 921)/Deptford (X3)	Euro 5
Route 19		19	Dennis Dart SPD/Plaxton Pointer	Percy Main	Euro 3
Saltwell Park		53 • 54	Optare Versa	Sunderland Road	Euro 4
Showstopper		26/99	Dennis Trident 2/East Lancs Vyking26A uses Simplicity Versa's on evening and Sunday)	Deptford (26/26A/99)	Euro 3
Silver Arrows		2A • 2C	Mercedes-Benz Citaro	Washington	Euro 5
SimpliCity		36/42	Optare Versa	Deptford	Euro 5
South Tyne		88/88A	Dennis Dart SPD/Plaxton Pointer	Deptford	Euro 3
Team Valley Clipper		91 • 91A	DAF SB220/Plaxton Prestige	Winlaton	Euro 2
Ten		10 • 10A	Mercedes-Benz Citaro	Winlaton Hexham	Euro 5
The Diamond (To Use Mercedez Benz Citaros from Citylink)		43 • 44	Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown	Stanley	Euro 2
The Loop		93 • 94	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
The Orbit		51 • 52	Optare Versa	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
The Red Kite		45 • 46	Scania OmniCity	Stanley	Euro 4
The Waggonway		28 • 28A • 28B	DAF SB220/Plaxton Prestige	Chester-le-Street	Euro 2
Toon Link		11 31 • 32 47	Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown (Dual Door)	Winlaton	Euro 3
Tynedale Links		H11 H53 74 683 684 686 688 689	Dennis Dart MPD/Plaxton Pointer Dennis Dart SPD/Plaxton Pointer Volvo B6BLE/Plaxton Concept 2000	Hexham	Euro 3
Venture		V1 • V2 • V3 • V4 • V5 • V6 V8 • 8A V9 29 130 143 704	Dennis Dart MPD/Plaxton Pointer	Consett	Euro 3
Washington Street Shuttle		M2 • M3 W5 • W6	Dennis Dart MPD/Plaxton Pointer	Washington	Euro 3
West Durham Swift		X30 • X31 70 • X70 • X71	Scania OmniCity	Stanley	Euro 4
Whey Aye Five 0		50	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Chester-le-street	Euro 3
X9		X9	Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
X10		X10	Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini	Sunderland Road	Euro 3
X25 supporting the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation		X25	Dennis Trident 2/East Lancs Lolyne	Chester-le-Street	Euro 2
Commuter Club X90		X90	B10M (Coach)	Percy Main	Euro 3
Sunderland Connect		700	Solo SR (Hybrid)	Deptford	Euro 5
The Nines (temp until near end of the year)		9	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Percy Main	Euro 3
X36/X37 (temp)		X36/X37	Scania L94UB/Wright Solar	Deptford	Euro 3
Pronto		X20/X21	Volvo B7TL	Crook (Sharing with Weardale)	Euro 3
Nexus Bus		All Nexus Contracts	Solo SR	Certain Depots	Euro 5
Northern		Any Route	Volvo Olympian Northern Counties Paletine 2, Volvo Plaxton President, Volvo Wright Renown, Dennis Dart Plaxton/Transbus SPD, Volvo Wright Cadet, Dennis Trident East Lancs Lolyne, Dennis Trident Plaxton President,	Any Depots	Euro 2, Euro 3
The Key		Any Route	Volvo Wright Renown, Dennis Dart Plaxton SPD, Volvo Alexander ALX300, DAF Northern Counties Plaxton Prestige,	Any Depots	Euro 2, Euro 3
No.	Brand name[3]	From	To	Via	Operation	Days
N20	Prince Bishops	Durham North Road	Carrville	Gilesgate Moor & Belmont to Carville, direct back to Durham.	4 Hourly journeys	Weekends Only
N21	The Angel	Newcastle Pilgrim Street	Chester-le-Street	Gateshead, Low Fell & Birtley	5 Hourly Journeys	Weekdays
N21	The Angel	Newcastle Pilgrim Street	Durham North Road	Gateshead, Low Fell, Birtley & Chester-le-Street	5 Hourly journeys	Weekends
N56	Fab Fifty Six	Sunderland Park Lane	Newcastle New Bridge Street	Gateshead, Wrekenton, Donwell, Concord, Albany, Washington Galleries, Hylton Castle & Southwick	4 Hourly Journeys	Sunday Only
N58	Citylink	Heworth Metro	Whitley Bay	Leam Lane Estate, Deckham, Gateshead, Newcastle, High Farm, Battle Hill, Hadrian Park, Billy Mill & North Tyneside General Hospital	3 Hourly Journeys	Weekends Only
N97	The Highwayman	Newcastle Market Street	Newcastle Market Street (Circle)	Gateshead, Lobley Hill, Whickham, Fellside Park & Dunston	3 Hourly Journeys	Weekends Only

Ticketing

Yellow Bus livery as applied to a Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine 2

Single fares can be purchased from the bus driver on all services, with the price usually incrementing with increasing distance travelled. In localised areas, a single flat fare may be offered; or alternatively, a two-tier fare system with one flat fare for short journeys and another flat fare for longer journeys. Such tickets are designed to reduce passenger confusion and speed up boarding times. Return tickets offer a considerable discount from the price of two single tickets, and such tickets are marketed by Go North East as "Cheap Day Returns".^[5]

If a passenger will make multiple journeys on the same day, it is often cheaper to purchase a Day Ticket. Some branded services listed above have their own range of day and weekly tickets for exclusive use on that particular brand. Young people between the ages of 18 and 22 in full time education can apply for a GetAround ID card to purchase tickets which allow unlimited travel at a fraction of the normal price.^[6]

Buzzfare

Go North East have divided their operating network into seven colour coded zones, and this is known as Buzzfare. The zones are:

• Orange Zone

  - covering Blyth, Ashington, Bedlington, Matfen, Corbridge, Hexham and Allendale Town.

• Blue Zone

  - covering Cramlington, Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, North Shields, Wallsend, Cobalt Business Park, Killingworth, Newcastle Airport and Newcastle City Centre.

• Purple Zone

  - covering Newcastle City Centre, Gateshead, MetroCentre, Crawcrook, Team Valley, High Spen, Washington and Heworth.

• Red Zone

  - covering South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn, Boldon, Hylton Castle, Sunderland, Doxford International, Houghton-le-Spring, Seaham, Dalton Park, Murton and Hetton-le-Hole.

• Green Zone

  - covering Chester-le-Street, Stanley, Beamish, Sacriston, Durham, Belmont and Great Lumley.

• Cherry Zone

  - covering Consett, Leadgate, Castleside, Chopwell, Prudhoe, Stocksfield and Wylam.

• Turquoise Zone

  - covering Peterlee, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Norton, Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland.

Buzzfare tickets can be bought daily, weekly, monthly and annually and can be purchased online, by telephone. Customers can choose to buy tickets for one zone, for two zones, or a three zone+ ticket allowing unlimited travel across the entire Go North East network.

The Key

In June 2010, Go North East pioneered the use of Smartcard ticketing for its bus services. A trial was carried out on Prince Bishops service 20 between Sunderland and Durham to test the equipment. Find out full information on this smart card called "the key" on http://www.simplygo.com/thekey/ Full information on new ticket machines http://www.simplygo.com/news/new-ticket-machines-and-new-look-tickets/

The smartcard system trialled by Go North East is funded by the Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) and it is part of the North East Smart Ticketing Initiative (NESTI). This initiative encompasses cards from Nexus (ie Pop), as well as other transport operators such as: Arriva, Stagecoach and, potentially, Northern Rail. NESTI is to be constructed in two phases, with the combined system estimated to go live in 2013.^[7]

Fleet

A Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini formerly used on 'angel' services

Up to date Fleet Information can be found at http://www.simplygo.com/enthusiast-area/

Current vehicle types

• Double deck
  • Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine II
  • Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
  • Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
  • Volvo B7TL/East Lancs Vyking
  • Volvo B7TL/Plaxton President
  • Dennis Trident 2/East Lancs Lolyne
  • Dennis Trident 2/Plaxton President

• Articulated
  • Scania L94UA/Wright Solar Fusion
  • Mercedes-Benz Citaro Ex-London

• Single deck
  • Mercedes-Benz Citaro
  • Scania OmniCity
  • Scania L94UB/Wright Solar Eclipse
  • Dennis Dart SPD Plaxton Pointer/Caetano Compass/Nimbus/Transbus
  • Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown
  • DAF SB220GS/Plaxton Prestige

• Midibus
  • Optare Versa
  • VDL SB120/Wright Cadet
  • Dennis Dart MPD Plaxton Pointer/Transbus/Alexander Dennis
  • Optare Solo SR
  • Plaxton Concept 2000

Former vehicle types

• Double deck
  • Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine
  • Leyland Olympian/Alexander RH
  • MCW Metrobus
  • Bristol VRT ECW highbridge/Williowbrook
  • Routemaster Leyland Engined/Front Entrance
  • Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties Palatine I (Due to get withdrawn soon once all Volvo Plaxton Presidents have been refurbished from being in London Central livery to Go North East Standard Livery and converted to single door and repainted red and branded "Northern")
  • Volvo Olympian/East Lancs Pyoneer

• Single deck
  • Dennis Lance/Optare Sigma
  • Dennis Lance SLF/Wright Pathfinder
  • DAF SB220/Optare Delta
  • Leyland Lynx
  • Leyland National
  • Optare Excel

• Midibus
  • Dennis Dart/Marshall C37
  • Dennis Dart/Wright Handybus
  • Dennis Dart/Carlyle Dartline

• Minibus
  • Optare Metrorider
  • Mercedes 608| Alexander
  • Ford Transit Mk2| Alexander
  • Optare Solo

Go North East acquisitions

Original The Diamond livery applied to a Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown

• The Venture Transport Company
• Stanley Taxis (Local bus services only)
• The Langley Park Motor Company
• Tyne & Wear Omnibus Company Limited (Immediately sold to Busways)
• Carryden Limited (Local bus services only)
• Low Fell Coaches
• Atkinsons
• Shaws Coaches
• Star Travel (Local bus services only)
• JH Hammell (Diamond)
• OK Motor Services
• Derwent Coaches (Local bus services only)
• Armstrongs of Ebchester
• Northumbria Coaches (Local bus services only)
• Redby Bus & Coach Ltd. (Local bus services only)
• Calvary Coaches (Local bus services only)

See also

• List of bus operators of the United Kingdom

References

1. ^ Easy Access Information
2. ^ ^{a b c} Go North East Depot Locations
3. ^ ^{a b} Go North East Branded Routes
4. ^ Go North East Night Buses
5. ^ Single and Cheap Day Returns
6. ^ GetAround
7. ^ "North East Smart Ticketing Initiative (NESTI) - Collaboration Agreement". Ward Hadaway. 12 May 2010. http://www.darlington.gov.uk/PublicMinutes/Cabinet/July%2013%202010/Item%208b%20-%20Annex%201.pdf. Retrieved 23 February 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• TravelNorthEast.co.uk North East Public Transport Information