Fab Fifty Six

The absolutely fabulous way to travel between Sunderland, Southwick, Hylton Castle, Concord, Springwell, Wrekenton, Gateshead and Newcastle.

Up to every 10 minutes throughout the day, early morning to early evening, Monday to Saturday. Every 20 minutes, Sunday daytime and every 30 minutes each evening, seven days a week.
 

MoneySaver fares

We've some great deals and offers to help you get the best value for money on your bus travel.

Our MoneySaver guide gives you through all of the fares and tickets that are available for travel on our services so you can get the best deal for your journey.

If an employer buys your ticket for you, you could save even more money on the price of individual 28 day tickets - contact us for full details.

On the route

Sunderland City Centre

The retail heart of the city is centred around The Bridges Shopping Centre, where there are over 100 top name high street stores.

Close by The Bridges are Waterloo Place, Fawcett Street and John Street with numerous shops offering everything from designer labels to trendy interiors.

Just a short walk away is the Winter Gardens, Museum, Art Gallery and Mowbray Park, while Sunderland Interchange offers frequent connections with Fab56 buses to the Stadium of Light and the Sunderland Aquatic Centre.

Newcastle City Centre

Eldon Square, Northumberland Street, Monument Mall, Central Arcade, Grainger Market and Eldon Gardens are a shoppers' paradise, with a vast array of high stores and smaller specialist retailers.

For a totally thrilling experience, make a visit to the International Centre for Life, or for top class entertainment there's the Theatre Royal, while St James' Park is home to Newcastle United Football Club.

Help and Advice

We want you to enjoy using our services and are working hard to make sure you find them easy and reliable to use.

You can speak to Garry Mitcheson (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the Fab56 routes, who will be out and about on the buses.

Our customer services team can be contacted by Freepost, telephone or e-mail 

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Cleaner buses - Our Kite Mark explained

Go North East has one of the cleanest bus fleets of its size in the country and to make it even easier for you to see how well your bus is doing to help look after the environment, we have introduced a new ‘kite mark’ on our buses.

Using simple illustrations based on a red kite bird taking flight, each symbol lets you see at-a-glance how each of our buses meet European standards on emissions. Find out more about cleaner engines.