Since September, much of the estate has no longer been served by Go North East's Q3 bus in a move that sparked hundreds of ...

Bus passengers in the North East are being warned to expect disruption to their journeys due to a shortage of qualified drivers. Operators said they are experiencing daily shortfalls in the number ...

Read More: £12m rescue package to save at-risk North East bus services amid threat of major cuts There have been fears for months that operators will soon cut their mileage by between 10 and 20% ...

Fears of "significant" cuts to the North East's bus network remain despite the government's latest funding pledge. An extension of the £2 cap on bus fares in England until the end of October was ...

Go North East buses will go back to normal on Saturday after five weeks of a continuous strike, and passengers will be able to travel for free. Comments. Daniel Holland Local Democracy Reporter.

A local bus company will be hit by two weeks of industrial action when 1,300 Go North East drivers walk out next month in a pay dispute. Bus drivers and workers will take sustained strike action ...

A North East bus operator plagued by cancellations has admitted it underestimated the scale of its driver shortages. News you can trust since 1873. Sign In. Subscribe.

Go North East says Unite had demanded six-monthly pay increases, with rises backdated to July 2023, and another in July 2024 along with a further pay increase on 1 January 2024 - all of which ...

Just under three weeks ago, North East Mayor Kim McGuinness announced that bus fares in the North East were to be capped at £2.50 throughout 2025, 50p below the national limit. The cap will come ...

YESTERDAY Transport leaders approved the region’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) at a meeting of the North East Joint Transport Committee. The BSIP is a new £804 million bid to Government ...

The North East is in a “race against time” to seize control of the region’s buses. Leaders are pushing the Department for Transport (DfT) to include provisions in Labour’s new Better Buses ...